Human Origins and Intelligent Design*
... with chimpanzees. As noted, there is no fossil evidence of the supposed evolutionary ancestors of chimpanzees and other extant hominoids. However, there are some fossils of "hominids" which some paleoanthropologists believe represent very close relatives or direct ancestors of humans. The vast major ...
... with chimpanzees. As noted, there is no fossil evidence of the supposed evolutionary ancestors of chimpanzees and other extant hominoids. However, there are some fossils of "hominids" which some paleoanthropologists believe represent very close relatives or direct ancestors of humans. The vast major ...
Ingold: Prospect
... equation as carriers of received information, which is supposed to order and arrange me formiess, ‘plasmic’ material ofme environment in the acmalization ofme phenotypic product. Applied to culture, the logic is just the same, and just as deep-seated in the western intellectual tradlition. The only ...
... equation as carriers of received information, which is supposed to order and arrange me formiess, ‘plasmic’ material ofme environment in the acmalization ofme phenotypic product. Applied to culture, the logic is just the same, and just as deep-seated in the western intellectual tradlition. The only ...
Multiregional hypothesis explained
... indicating ‘some measure of genetic contribution of Neandertal to subsequent Homo sapiens populations’ . . . this view no longer means regional evolution” (Bräuer and Stringer, 1997, p. 199). But given the reticulate nature of evolution within species, and the ethnogenic modeling that is part of th ...
... indicating ‘some measure of genetic contribution of Neandertal to subsequent Homo sapiens populations’ . . . this view no longer means regional evolution” (Bräuer and Stringer, 1997, p. 199). But given the reticulate nature of evolution within species, and the ethnogenic modeling that is part of th ...
Anthropology
... Anthropology shares certain interests and subjects of study with other fields of social science, especially sociology, psychology, and history, but also economics and political science. Anthropology also differs from these fields in many ways. Like sociology, anthropology involves the study of human ...
... Anthropology shares certain interests and subjects of study with other fields of social science, especially sociology, psychology, and history, but also economics and political science. Anthropology also differs from these fields in many ways. Like sociology, anthropology involves the study of human ...
The evolutionary approach to human behaviour
... impact of culture on human behaviour is enormous and not to be underestimated. The very fact that you are sitting here reading this book is testament to that fact. As clever as our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, are, they do not write books, play musical instruments, undergo psychoanalysis, bui ...
... impact of culture on human behaviour is enormous and not to be underestimated. The very fact that you are sitting here reading this book is testament to that fact. As clever as our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, are, they do not write books, play musical instruments, undergo psychoanalysis, bui ...
Tinbergen`s four questions, biologically useless behavior
... The Tinbergen’s four basic ethological questions (regarding the function of a behavior in survival or reproduction, what stimuli elicit it, its ontogeny and evolutionary history) when applied to man solely from biological point of view seem to be often inappropriate. For example, what is the surviva ...
... The Tinbergen’s four basic ethological questions (regarding the function of a behavior in survival or reproduction, what stimuli elicit it, its ontogeny and evolutionary history) when applied to man solely from biological point of view seem to be often inappropriate. For example, what is the surviva ...
Beyond nature versus culture - Staff
... their biology in the broadest sense. On the other hand, that human social life cannot be accounted for by ‘mere biology’ is almost a unifying dogma of the varied traditions of social science. I have argued at greater length elsewhere (Nettle 2008a) that the denial of the explanatory value of biology ...
... their biology in the broadest sense. On the other hand, that human social life cannot be accounted for by ‘mere biology’ is almost a unifying dogma of the varied traditions of social science. I have argued at greater length elsewhere (Nettle 2008a) that the denial of the explanatory value of biology ...
ANTHROPOLOGY SPRING 2017 COURSE LISTING
... An exploration into the nature of human communication, particularly the structures, functions, and substance of human language. Focus is on the interpenetration of language, culture and cognition, on the evolution of language and speech, and on their uses in everyday life. CRN 44476 cross listed LIN ...
... An exploration into the nature of human communication, particularly the structures, functions, and substance of human language. Focus is on the interpenetration of language, culture and cognition, on the evolution of language and speech, and on their uses in everyday life. CRN 44476 cross listed LIN ...
TOWARDS A SITUATIONAL THEORY OF BELIEF
... statements' rather than the vaguer 'beliefs'. In doing so, he makes comments about the village Buddhists among whom he is working which are similar to those I made about members of Christian congregations in Manchester. The village Buddhists, it appears, use specific statements of belief in everyday ...
... statements' rather than the vaguer 'beliefs'. In doing so, he makes comments about the village Buddhists among whom he is working which are similar to those I made about members of Christian congregations in Manchester. The village Buddhists, it appears, use specific statements of belief in everyday ...
Homo erectus/ergaster and Out of Africa: Recent Developments in
... dispersal out of Africa. This may indicate that dispersal events were not triggered by technological advances but rather followed migration into new regions. The first tools might have followed after a pre stone tool making dispersal out of Africa, which might be significantly earlier than the curre ...
... dispersal out of Africa. This may indicate that dispersal events were not triggered by technological advances but rather followed migration into new regions. The first tools might have followed after a pre stone tool making dispersal out of Africa, which might be significantly earlier than the curre ...
Medical Anthropology: The Ecology of Health and Disease
... their belief, there are four levels of reality. The Yanomami believe things tend to fall downward to a lower layer. The duku ka misi, or top layer, is thought to be most pristine and tender. The Yanomami believe that many things originated in this layer. It is only considered as having a vague funct ...
... their belief, there are four levels of reality. The Yanomami believe things tend to fall downward to a lower layer. The duku ka misi, or top layer, is thought to be most pristine and tender. The Yanomami believe that many things originated in this layer. It is only considered as having a vague funct ...
Impact of a Short Evolution Module on Students` Perceived Conflict
... evolution and religion can be compatible with one another. For instance, the handbook explains how science only explores natural causes in the natural world and is neutral to the existence of God. The handbook also includes statements from biologists and religious leaders explaining how religion and ...
... evolution and religion can be compatible with one another. For instance, the handbook explains how science only explores natural causes in the natural world and is neutral to the existence of God. The handbook also includes statements from biologists and religious leaders explaining how religion and ...
gradEs 5-12 - Smithsonian`s Human Origins
... Evolution is a well-established scientific theory. It is the cornerstone of modern biology, enabling us to understand the history of life on Earth—including that of humans. Like gravity and plate tectonics, evolution is a scientific theory. Outside of science, a theory implies an untested opinion or ...
... Evolution is a well-established scientific theory. It is the cornerstone of modern biology, enabling us to understand the history of life on Earth—including that of humans. Like gravity and plate tectonics, evolution is a scientific theory. Outside of science, a theory implies an untested opinion or ...
Human brain evolution: transcripts, metabolites and their regulators
... of humans, such as strong prosocial and cooperative behaviour, the extensive use of abstract symbols, spoken language and grammar 5,6. But what molecular events during the course of human evolution gave rise to these cognitive changes? Answering this question has been anything but simple. First, we ...
... of humans, such as strong prosocial and cooperative behaviour, the extensive use of abstract symbols, spoken language and grammar 5,6. But what molecular events during the course of human evolution gave rise to these cognitive changes? Answering this question has been anything but simple. First, we ...
The origin of human pathogens: evaluating the role of agriculture
... The advent of agriculture in human societies is believed to have been a significant event in the evolution of human disease. It has been proposed that many pathogens of human civilization could not have existed in humans prior to the development of agriculture (Fiennes, 1978 ; McNeill, 1989; Diamond, ...
... The advent of agriculture in human societies is believed to have been a significant event in the evolution of human disease. It has been proposed that many pathogens of human civilization could not have existed in humans prior to the development of agriculture (Fiennes, 1978 ; McNeill, 1989; Diamond, ...
"MISSING LINK" FOUND: New Fossil Links Humans
... has nails not claws and relatively short arms and legs. Scientists find Ida remarkable for her human like features. Ida features are typical of modern monkeys, apes and humans. What is remarkable is that she had these features 47 million years ago. Ida is a juvenile female that died when she was onl ...
... has nails not claws and relatively short arms and legs. Scientists find Ida remarkable for her human like features. Ida features are typical of modern monkeys, apes and humans. What is remarkable is that she had these features 47 million years ago. Ida is a juvenile female that died when she was onl ...
EIGHTY YEARS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE TAUNG SKULL
... ancestry. They inferred that the splitting of the postulated last common ancestors into at least two derivative stems, those leading to humans and to chimpanzees, took place late in the Cenozoic, between 7.0 and 5.0 million years ago. New methods for the dating of the past The dating of the past has ...
... ancestry. They inferred that the splitting of the postulated last common ancestors into at least two derivative stems, those leading to humans and to chimpanzees, took place late in the Cenozoic, between 7.0 and 5.0 million years ago. New methods for the dating of the past The dating of the past has ...
One Small Step for Man 3
... of anthropology. “If you look across the animal world, locomotion is so diverse: things fly, things swim. Moving on ...
... of anthropology. “If you look across the animal world, locomotion is so diverse: things fly, things swim. Moving on ...
Evolutionary theory, human uniqueness and the image of God
... kinds of extinct hominid forms of life somewhere in between the extant great apes and Homo sapiens, or even next to the human species from a taxonomical point of view (such as, supposedly, the Neanderthal man) it seems difficult to ascribe any unique-making characteristics to the human being. At the ...
... kinds of extinct hominid forms of life somewhere in between the extant great apes and Homo sapiens, or even next to the human species from a taxonomical point of view (such as, supposedly, the Neanderthal man) it seems difficult to ascribe any unique-making characteristics to the human being. At the ...
The Evolution of Human Emotions
... To be sure, a bigger neocortex that could allow for culture increased fitness among late hominins over the last 2-million years, but this larger neocortex was not what allowed hominins to survive in the first place. It is the other part of the brain— the subcortical areas of the brain inherited from ...
... To be sure, a bigger neocortex that could allow for culture increased fitness among late hominins over the last 2-million years, but this larger neocortex was not what allowed hominins to survive in the first place. It is the other part of the brain— the subcortical areas of the brain inherited from ...
Between Animatism and Pantheism: Religion and the Supernatural
... “incorrect,” but rather partially correct in that there is a certain degree of animatism in ancient Zapotec religion; however, Lind maintains that scholars who argued that Zapotec religion included a pantheon and shared some similarities with other Mesoamerican religions are also correct (8-10). In ...
... “incorrect,” but rather partially correct in that there is a certain degree of animatism in ancient Zapotec religion; however, Lind maintains that scholars who argued that Zapotec religion included a pantheon and shared some similarities with other Mesoamerican religions are also correct (8-10). In ...
Genomic Comparisons of Humans and Chimpanzees
... demonstrated more than 200 genes in regions showing copy-number variation or inversion between human and chimpanzee. These large-scale changes could contribute to species differences through loss or gain of gene copies. Analysis of changes in the number and variety of genes in gene families is of pa ...
... demonstrated more than 200 genes in regions showing copy-number variation or inversion between human and chimpanzee. These large-scale changes could contribute to species differences through loss or gain of gene copies. Analysis of changes in the number and variety of genes in gene families is of pa ...
Mary Douglas and Anthropological Modernism
... control, shook the great chancelleries. The scene of anguished hate and fear which Freud exposed to view was just as alarming at a more intimate level. The first looked to a long-span historical determination of political forms and the second to a short-span determination of the emotions in family l ...
... control, shook the great chancelleries. The scene of anguished hate and fear which Freud exposed to view was just as alarming at a more intimate level. The first looked to a long-span historical determination of political forms and the second to a short-span determination of the emotions in family l ...
Evans et al., 2004 - The University of Texas at Austin
... human phenotype did not arise abruptly in the most recent history of Homo, but are instead the consequence of a lengthy and relatively continuous evolutionary process. This view is consistent with the fact that many (though perhaps not all) biological traits seen most prominently in humans are also ...
... human phenotype did not arise abruptly in the most recent history of Homo, but are instead the consequence of a lengthy and relatively continuous evolutionary process. This view is consistent with the fact that many (though perhaps not all) biological traits seen most prominently in humans are also ...
On the Resilience of Superstition
... Modernity, like modern science, could live with everything except an attenuated status and a limited, non-proselytizing social role for it. —Ashis Nandy, The Intimate Enemy ...
... Modernity, like modern science, could live with everything except an attenuated status and a limited, non-proselytizing social role for it. —Ashis Nandy, The Intimate Enemy ...
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.