Broca`s area and the evolution of language
... • Modifying pre-existing brain circuitry is always the most likely evolutionary scenario • Brain size in primates is associated with both: 1) richness of vocalizations 2) size of social group (and presumably social complexity) • Parts of the brain relevant to language have undergone disproportionate ...
... • Modifying pre-existing brain circuitry is always the most likely evolutionary scenario • Brain size in primates is associated with both: 1) richness of vocalizations 2) size of social group (and presumably social complexity) • Parts of the brain relevant to language have undergone disproportionate ...
Exercise, APOE genotype, and the evolution of the human lifespan
... difficult to find and extract [111]. The required foraging effort increased, and mothers who were pregnant or lactating may have had difficulty providing for their own offspring. Grandmothers, living beyond their reproductive years and without young offspring to care for, could provide increased for ...
... difficult to find and extract [111]. The required foraging effort increased, and mothers who were pregnant or lactating may have had difficulty providing for their own offspring. Grandmothers, living beyond their reproductive years and without young offspring to care for, could provide increased for ...
The von Economo neurons in frontoinsular and anterior cingulate
... anterior insula has been found to be consistently activated by peripheral autonomic changes in an exhaustive metaanalysis of the imaging data (Mutschler et al. 2009). One such connection between autonomic arousal and decisionmaking is suggested by the findings of Critchley et al. (2000) who found th ...
... anterior insula has been found to be consistently activated by peripheral autonomic changes in an exhaustive metaanalysis of the imaging data (Mutschler et al. 2009). One such connection between autonomic arousal and decisionmaking is suggested by the findings of Critchley et al. (2000) who found th ...
Human Bio-sociocultural Diversity Expanded through Space
... the very beginning of the last century. This would be conducive to discussing and drawing decisions on the future of human society. This is the purpose of this study. It examines the anticipated future of space development on the basis of patterns of human evolution, focusing on the human ability to ...
... the very beginning of the last century. This would be conducive to discussing and drawing decisions on the future of human society. This is the purpose of this study. It examines the anticipated future of space development on the basis of patterns of human evolution, focusing on the human ability to ...
The evolution of a unicellular bottleneck in the life history of
... Commons, the so-called ‘free-rider problem’ It’s a non zero-sum game in which players are all better off if all cooperate but each is tempted to ’cheat’ to do better still. But if all cheat, then all lose out. ...
... Commons, the so-called ‘free-rider problem’ It’s a non zero-sum game in which players are all better off if all cooperate but each is tempted to ’cheat’ to do better still. But if all cheat, then all lose out. ...
Think about it - Homework Market
... the connections between humans and other primates. Finally, all anthropologists are committed to studying all cultures, subcultures, and microcultures and comparing them to document and understand commonalities, differences, and changes. The Position of Anthropology within Science and the Humanitie ...
... the connections between humans and other primates. Finally, all anthropologists are committed to studying all cultures, subcultures, and microcultures and comparing them to document and understand commonalities, differences, and changes. The Position of Anthropology within Science and the Humanitie ...
Anthropology - Toronto Zoo
... mentalism, the study between neural stimuli and response. Mentalism assumes that biological continuity between human and nonhuman primates may be reflected in mental processes such as awareness and conscious action. The new primateology focuses on the relationship between social behaviour and the ge ...
... mentalism, the study between neural stimuli and response. Mentalism assumes that biological continuity between human and nonhuman primates may be reflected in mental processes such as awareness and conscious action. The new primateology focuses on the relationship between social behaviour and the ge ...
Austrian Economics—The Ultimate Achievement of an Intellectual
... fact, until 1966 group selection was regularly and widely invoked by biologists. Indeed, Darwin himself described group selection as the mechanism accounting for human morality. In The Descent of Man he said that moral superiority might give an individual and his children a small advantage over othe ...
... fact, until 1966 group selection was regularly and widely invoked by biologists. Indeed, Darwin himself described group selection as the mechanism accounting for human morality. In The Descent of Man he said that moral superiority might give an individual and his children a small advantage over othe ...
a revision of his definition and a new estimation of his emergence date
... As noted above, all Homo peoples must possess all principal anatomical features of present humans. For classing species within the Homo genus some classic anthropologists have used as criterion the secondary anatomical features particularly those of the skull as the facial structure. They have consi ...
... As noted above, all Homo peoples must possess all principal anatomical features of present humans. For classing species within the Homo genus some classic anthropologists have used as criterion the secondary anatomical features particularly those of the skull as the facial structure. They have consi ...
Think about it - Homework Market
... The internal controls that influence my life are the discipline, values, and morals that have been instilled in me by my parents, my family, and the 21 years that I spent in the United States Army. My mother and the Army have probably had more of an impact on my life more than any other person or or ...
... The internal controls that influence my life are the discipline, values, and morals that have been instilled in me by my parents, my family, and the 21 years that I spent in the United States Army. My mother and the Army have probably had more of an impact on my life more than any other person or or ...
Fall 2015 - University of Louisville
... Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America will be discussed. Images and films are frequently used so that you may gain a better perspective on these places. In addition, we will cover the major changes in human physical and cultural evolution, such as hunting, the capacity for abstract thoug ...
... Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America will be discussed. Images and films are frequently used so that you may gain a better perspective on these places. In addition, we will cover the major changes in human physical and cultural evolution, such as hunting, the capacity for abstract thoug ...
Neuronal factors determining high intelligence
... cortex assumed to be the ‘seat’ of working memory, action planning and intelligence. Therefore, the question is whether primates—and especially humans—have a particularly large frontal–prefrontal cortex. There is a much-cited statement by ...
... cortex assumed to be the ‘seat’ of working memory, action planning and intelligence. Therefore, the question is whether primates—and especially humans—have a particularly large frontal–prefrontal cortex. There is a much-cited statement by ...
1 ANTHROPOLOGY 460 Anthropological Theory Professor Paul E
... viewpoints is he rejecting? 2. How does Durkheim justify basing his general theory of religion on the study of Australian aborigines (a people living, he claims, in “the simplest social state known at present”)? (see pp. 4-5) 3. Durkheim claims that basic categories of understanding, like time and s ...
... viewpoints is he rejecting? 2. How does Durkheim justify basing his general theory of religion on the study of Australian aborigines (a people living, he claims, in “the simplest social state known at present”)? (see pp. 4-5) 3. Durkheim claims that basic categories of understanding, like time and s ...
Bitter taste perception in Neanderthals through the analysis of the
... PAV homozygote. This indicates that variation in bitter taste perception pre-dates the divergence of the lineages leading to Neanderthals and modern humans. Keywords: bitter taste; PTC; TAS2R38; Neanderthals ...
... PAV homozygote. This indicates that variation in bitter taste perception pre-dates the divergence of the lineages leading to Neanderthals and modern humans. Keywords: bitter taste; PTC; TAS2R38; Neanderthals ...
Think about it - Homework Market
... the connections between humans and other primates. Finally, all anthropologists are committed to studying all cultures, subcultures, and microcultures and comparing them to document and understand commonalities, differences, and changes. The Position of Anthropology within Science and the Humanitie ...
... the connections between humans and other primates. Finally, all anthropologists are committed to studying all cultures, subcultures, and microcultures and comparing them to document and understand commonalities, differences, and changes. The Position of Anthropology within Science and the Humanitie ...
The Concept of Religion in Current Studies of
... of our analytical purposes, eloquently urging us to be self-conscious and selfreflective. But if one holds the view that religion is a scholarly construction, then one consequence of such a statement would be that such conceptual categories as for example economy, politics, law and art ought to face ...
... of our analytical purposes, eloquently urging us to be self-conscious and selfreflective. But if one holds the view that religion is a scholarly construction, then one consequence of such a statement would be that such conceptual categories as for example economy, politics, law and art ought to face ...
1 Bracketing [Belief] - Sites: a journal of social anthropology and
... regarding the way the various disciplines approach belief issues. Anthropologists are confronted in one way or the other with the issues just mentioned, but on top of that anthropology has its particular difficulties with ‘belief ’: namely the difficulties and dangers of representing the beliefs of ...
... regarding the way the various disciplines approach belief issues. Anthropologists are confronted in one way or the other with the issues just mentioned, but on top of that anthropology has its particular difficulties with ‘belief ’: namely the difficulties and dangers of representing the beliefs of ...
Introduction to Paleoanthropology
... On the 28th of April 2012 the contents of the English as well as German Wikibooks and Wikipedia projects were licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. An URI to this license is given in the list of figures on page 131. If this document is a derived work from the c ...
... On the 28th of April 2012 the contents of the English as well as German Wikibooks and Wikipedia projects were licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. An URI to this license is given in the list of figures on page 131. If this document is a derived work from the c ...
The Birth of Modern Science - White Plains Public Schools
... While some Europeans were attempting to spread the Christian faith, others were trying to understand the cosmos The makers of Europe’s Scientific revolution (between the mid-sixteenth and early eighteenth centuries) did not rely on the external authority of divinely revealed scripture or the spec ...
... While some Europeans were attempting to spread the Christian faith, others were trying to understand the cosmos The makers of Europe’s Scientific revolution (between the mid-sixteenth and early eighteenth centuries) did not rely on the external authority of divinely revealed scripture or the spec ...
Curriculum Vitae
... Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology. Violence against Women: A Mating-Market Approach. Paper presented at the joint Society for Applied Anthropology and Society for Anthropological Sciences meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities an ...
... Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology. Violence against Women: A Mating-Market Approach. Paper presented at the joint Society for Applied Anthropology and Society for Anthropological Sciences meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities an ...
Information, complexity, and the evolution of Homo sapiens in an
... humans (25). In any case, early human communication may have been a pre-adaptation for the enhanced computational faculty of modern humans. An emphasis on the computational functions and “technological” character of syntactic language may explain the most significant neuro-anatomical change in human ...
... humans (25). In any case, early human communication may have been a pre-adaptation for the enhanced computational faculty of modern humans. An emphasis on the computational functions and “technological” character of syntactic language may explain the most significant neuro-anatomical change in human ...
Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Cultural Anthropology
... will also be able to define such associated terms as fact, hypothesis, and theory. Finally, you will be able to list the principal differences between science and ...
... will also be able to define such associated terms as fact, hypothesis, and theory. Finally, you will be able to list the principal differences between science and ...
wysiwyg in trio: the grammaticalized expression of truth and
... social relationship possible-that is, it has to become human-like, taking on the shape of the human body, speaking a language, and behaving in a human-like way. In this form, it becomes almost impossible to tell this being apart from a 'real' human being. Let us for a moment take a detour through a ...
... social relationship possible-that is, it has to become human-like, taking on the shape of the human body, speaking a language, and behaving in a human-like way. In this form, it becomes almost impossible to tell this being apart from a 'real' human being. Let us for a moment take a detour through a ...
Positive selection on the human genome
... Van Valen’s Red Queen hypothesis has long served as a theoretical framework for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of host – pathogen interactions (4). It states that the coevolution of two intensely competing species resembles an arms race. Both species evolve continuously to gain advantage ov ...
... Van Valen’s Red Queen hypothesis has long served as a theoretical framework for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of host – pathogen interactions (4). It states that the coevolution of two intensely competing species resembles an arms race. Both species evolve continuously to gain advantage ov ...
Allegory in Lord of the Flies
... • William Golding uses so much symbolism in Lord of the Flies that many critics agree that it is an allegory- a writing that has “a double meaning” • A story in which people, things and actions represent an idea or generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral lesson. • Often, char ...
... • William Golding uses so much symbolism in Lord of the Flies that many critics agree that it is an allegory- a writing that has “a double meaning” • A story in which people, things and actions represent an idea or generalization about life; allegories often have a strong moral lesson. • Often, char ...
Evolutionary origin of religions
The emergence of religious behavior by the Neolithic period has been discussed in terms of evolutionary psychology, the origin of language and mythology, cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion, as well as evidence for spirituality or cultic behaviour in the Upper Paleolitic, and parallels in great ape behaviour.