The Purpose of Critical Thinking
... “I noticed that the ribs [Lucy] were more round in cross-section, more like what you see in apes. Human ribs are flatter in cross-section. But the shape of the rib cage itself was the biggest surprise of all. The human rib cage is barrel shaped, and I just couldn’t get Lucy’s ribs to fit this kind o ...
... “I noticed that the ribs [Lucy] were more round in cross-section, more like what you see in apes. Human ribs are flatter in cross-section. But the shape of the rib cage itself was the biggest surprise of all. The human rib cage is barrel shaped, and I just couldn’t get Lucy’s ribs to fit this kind o ...
Chapter 4 - A Science of Human Nature?
... moment. As will be discussed below, such a division cannot be maintained but what lies behind the wish to claim the existence of cultural universals is quite understandable. It is the fact, obvious to those with experience of different types of people, especially most social and cultural anthropolog ...
... moment. As will be discussed below, such a division cannot be maintained but what lies behind the wish to claim the existence of cultural universals is quite understandable. It is the fact, obvious to those with experience of different types of people, especially most social and cultural anthropolog ...
Art as a biological adaptation, or: why modern humans
... Darwin explained these features through sexual selection, his term for the fact that animals must not only survive but find and woo mates (Darwin 1871, 1: 256; 2: 398). When sexual competition is decided by physical combat, genes that endow their bearers with traits as strength, agility and aggressi ...
... Darwin explained these features through sexual selection, his term for the fact that animals must not only survive but find and woo mates (Darwin 1871, 1: 256; 2: 398). When sexual competition is decided by physical combat, genes that endow their bearers with traits as strength, agility and aggressi ...
Environment and Human Society
... variety of tools. There is evidence that australopithecines made tools probably to (i) drive away wild animals and (ii) hunt animals for food. Pebble tools have been found in fossil sites of australopithecines in Africa. Homo erectus made better tools with stones and the tradition of making tools pa ...
... variety of tools. There is evidence that australopithecines made tools probably to (i) drive away wild animals and (ii) hunt animals for food. Pebble tools have been found in fossil sites of australopithecines in Africa. Homo erectus made better tools with stones and the tradition of making tools pa ...
Collective Beliefs: Sociological Explanation
... environment of the social actors. They both also conceptualize the relation between this environment and the collective belief as ‘rational’ or more precisely as subjectiely rational. ‘The acts motivated by magic,’ Weber writes (1922, 1979), ‘are acts at least relatively rational (…): they follow t ...
... environment of the social actors. They both also conceptualize the relation between this environment and the collective belief as ‘rational’ or more precisely as subjectiely rational. ‘The acts motivated by magic,’ Weber writes (1922, 1979), ‘are acts at least relatively rational (…): they follow t ...
The Anthropologist as a Primatologist
... Nigeria, we designed a rota for several field assistants to try to daily contact the shy chimpanzees. After two years, we see initial success, but are aware that years of hard work lie ahead to earn the apes’ trust. Well-habituated primates obviously make better study animals. However, much of the s ...
... Nigeria, we designed a rota for several field assistants to try to daily contact the shy chimpanzees. After two years, we see initial success, but are aware that years of hard work lie ahead to earn the apes’ trust. Well-habituated primates obviously make better study animals. However, much of the s ...
Human eating behaviour in an evolutionary ecological context
... with complex relationships between unlearned and learned sensory responses to foods, and conditioned preferences for taste and odour (Mela & Catt, 1996). Flavour preferences in human subjects are influenced by the energy content of foods, as either fat or carbohydrate (Booth et al. 1982); there is a ...
... with complex relationships between unlearned and learned sensory responses to foods, and conditioned preferences for taste and odour (Mela & Catt, 1996). Flavour preferences in human subjects are influenced by the energy content of foods, as either fat or carbohydrate (Booth et al. 1982); there is a ...
Cradle of Consciousness
... enhancing the performance of those cells, should enhance one’s act of consciousness. With such a modified centre of consciousness a human should be able to know his or her existence better than a wild-type human. ...
... enhancing the performance of those cells, should enhance one’s act of consciousness. With such a modified centre of consciousness a human should be able to know his or her existence better than a wild-type human. ...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
... the “cradle of civilization.” Yet in America, we do not start the study of history in Africa, but with Western Civilization, which arose literally thousands of years after the first major Nile Valley civilizations in Africa such as Nubia and Kemet/Egypt. Why do you think this is? Despite the fact th ...
... the “cradle of civilization.” Yet in America, we do not start the study of history in Africa, but with Western Civilization, which arose literally thousands of years after the first major Nile Valley civilizations in Africa such as Nubia and Kemet/Egypt. Why do you think this is? Despite the fact th ...
EVOLUTION
... Evolution • Evolution = progressive change in characteristics of organisms as a result of changes in genetic composition • Two important aspects – Descent from a common ancestor – Adaptation to the environment • Adaptation = characteristic that makes it more likely that an organism will survive and ...
... Evolution • Evolution = progressive change in characteristics of organisms as a result of changes in genetic composition • Two important aspects – Descent from a common ancestor – Adaptation to the environment • Adaptation = characteristic that makes it more likely that an organism will survive and ...
The Earliest Possible Hominids
... open savanna environments, which favored the evolution of terrestrial living. Terrestrial apes might have formed large social groups in order to improve their ability to find and collect food and to fend off predators. The challenges of savanna life might also have promoted the rise of tool use, for ...
... open savanna environments, which favored the evolution of terrestrial living. Terrestrial apes might have formed large social groups in order to improve their ability to find and collect food and to fend off predators. The challenges of savanna life might also have promoted the rise of tool use, for ...
Human Brain Endocasts and th LB1 Hobbit Brain (Ralph L. Holloway)
... size (volume) of the endocast, which provides a close approximation to actual brain weight of the once throbbing living brain. The accuracy obtained will depend on the completeness of the cranial remains, the amount of distortion, and if based on CT scans, the density profiles used in defining edges ...
... size (volume) of the endocast, which provides a close approximation to actual brain weight of the once throbbing living brain. The accuracy obtained will depend on the completeness of the cranial remains, the amount of distortion, and if based on CT scans, the density profiles used in defining edges ...
The Origin of Humans
... Dave Phillips (Physical Anthropologist), “Neanderthals Are Still Human,” Impact Article #223, May, 2000 “Neanderthals were human. They buried their dead, used tools, had a complex social structure, employed language, and played musical instruments. Neanderthal anatomy differences are extremely minor ...
... Dave Phillips (Physical Anthropologist), “Neanderthals Are Still Human,” Impact Article #223, May, 2000 “Neanderthals were human. They buried their dead, used tools, had a complex social structure, employed language, and played musical instruments. Neanderthal anatomy differences are extremely minor ...
Why the behavioural sciences need the concept
... noted that chimpanzees, though they share many facial expressions with humans, do not have an expression for surprise. There are also no reported instances of apes checking each other‘s facial expressions as if to say ‗Did you see what I saw?‘ But as yet, to the best of my knowledge, no scientist ha ...
... noted that chimpanzees, though they share many facial expressions with humans, do not have an expression for surprise. There are also no reported instances of apes checking each other‘s facial expressions as if to say ‗Did you see what I saw?‘ But as yet, to the best of my knowledge, no scientist ha ...
Explaining robust humans
... Humans living pre-Flood and early post-Flood may well have had longevity genes. These longevity genes may have also caused robusticity, or could have been linked to genes that caused robusticity.32 Or, alternatively, the robusticity could have allowed for longevity. However, the genes (or genetic me ...
... Humans living pre-Flood and early post-Flood may well have had longevity genes. These longevity genes may have also caused robusticity, or could have been linked to genes that caused robusticity.32 Or, alternatively, the robusticity could have allowed for longevity. However, the genes (or genetic me ...
EXCERPTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF VIKTOR
... end." "And when did you have this dream?" I asked. "In February, I945," he answered. It was then the beginning of March. "What did your dream voice answer?" Furtively he whispered to me, "March thirtieth." When F. told me about his dream, he was still full of hope and convinced that the voice of his ...
... end." "And when did you have this dream?" I asked. "In February, I945," he answered. It was then the beginning of March. "What did your dream voice answer?" Furtively he whispered to me, "March thirtieth." When F. told me about his dream, he was still full of hope and convinced that the voice of his ...
Divergence, demography and gene loss along the human lineage
... sequence data for a pair of species, we have developed a maximum-likelihood (ML) method to infer t and ancestral Ne (Takahata et al. 1995). In this method, t and Ne are scaled by the nucleotide substitution rate (m) per year per site such that y ¼ 2tm stands for the net nucleotide difference between ...
... sequence data for a pair of species, we have developed a maximum-likelihood (ML) method to infer t and ancestral Ne (Takahata et al. 1995). In this method, t and Ne are scaled by the nucleotide substitution rate (m) per year per site such that y ¼ 2tm stands for the net nucleotide difference between ...
Ix2 – Possible Origins of Ideas about “the Supernatural”
... truncatus was observed interacting with a dead newborn calf in the semi-closed waters of the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. The behavior of the presumed mother was observed by Tethys researchers Joan Gonzalvo Villegas and Zsuzsanna Pereszlenyi and by Earthwatch volunteers for approximately 4.5 hours under ...
... truncatus was observed interacting with a dead newborn calf in the semi-closed waters of the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. The behavior of the presumed mother was observed by Tethys researchers Joan Gonzalvo Villegas and Zsuzsanna Pereszlenyi and by Earthwatch volunteers for approximately 4.5 hours under ...
Rubric - Ventura College
... Student can accurately apply most aspects of the scientific method to evaluate the process of human evolution in at least 70% of cases presented. ...
... Student can accurately apply most aspects of the scientific method to evaluate the process of human evolution in at least 70% of cases presented. ...
Evolution scenarios
... •In tropical regions bats visiting flowers to eat nectar. The fur on the bat's face and neck picks up pollen, which the bat transfers to the next flower it visits. Bats that feed at flowers have a slender muzzle and a long tongue with a brushed tip. These adaptations aid the bat in feeding. Flowers ...
... •In tropical regions bats visiting flowers to eat nectar. The fur on the bat's face and neck picks up pollen, which the bat transfers to the next flower it visits. Bats that feed at flowers have a slender muzzle and a long tongue with a brushed tip. These adaptations aid the bat in feeding. Flowers ...
File - Developing Anaesthesia
... earliest forms of organized belief systems that would evolve into religions. Whilst a belief in the magical power of images being able to influence survival in the form of enhanced fertility, protection against the elements and the terrifying predators of the Ice Age, and the securing of uncertain f ...
... earliest forms of organized belief systems that would evolve into religions. Whilst a belief in the magical power of images being able to influence survival in the form of enhanced fertility, protection against the elements and the terrifying predators of the Ice Age, and the securing of uncertain f ...
document
... Locke's metaphor of the tabula rasa, "white paper” illustrates his idea that, without experience, no characters are written on the "tablets" of the mind; except through the "windows" of sensation and reflection, no light enters the understanding. No ideas are innate; and there is no source ...
... Locke's metaphor of the tabula rasa, "white paper” illustrates his idea that, without experience, no characters are written on the "tablets" of the mind; except through the "windows" of sensation and reflection, no light enters the understanding. No ideas are innate; and there is no source ...
Social anthropology and the structure of attention
... 1976) brings together a fair selection of" recent work on the attent;i.on structure theme; and the volume as a whole offers an interesting case-history of what has gOM well and what b'3.dly with interdisciplinary work in this field. The book falls into two parts, devoted to nonhuman primates and to ...
... 1976) brings together a fair selection of" recent work on the attent;i.on structure theme; and the volume as a whole offers an interesting case-history of what has gOM well and what b'3.dly with interdisciplinary work in this field. The book falls into two parts, devoted to nonhuman primates and to ...
The ascent of reason
... chapter will be that Monboddo’s warnings against projecting a Eurocentric construction of human nature upon the infinitely contoured and ever-changing terrain of human variation are as relevant to us today as they were in his time. We continue to seek some universal and changeless bedrock for our co ...
... chapter will be that Monboddo’s warnings against projecting a Eurocentric construction of human nature upon the infinitely contoured and ever-changing terrain of human variation are as relevant to us today as they were in his time. We continue to seek some universal and changeless bedrock for our co ...
ANTH 102 Chapter Notes (39 pgs)
... The process of learning culture is called enculturation Through culture, humans learn to satisfy their biological needs Sleep, food, shelter, compassion, self-defense, sexual gratification, etc Culture is Based on Symbols All human behavior originates in the use of symbols Art, music, and religion i ...
... The process of learning culture is called enculturation Through culture, humans learn to satisfy their biological needs Sleep, food, shelter, compassion, self-defense, sexual gratification, etc Culture is Based on Symbols All human behavior originates in the use of symbols Art, music, and religion i ...
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.