The Evolution of Difficult Childbirth and Helpless Hominin Infants
... that identifying the origins of these pelvic-based phenomena in hominin history is not a strong basis for reconstructing a shift in hominin social behavior. That is, we can assume that if ancient hominins were social primates, then they were true to form during parturition as well. A more active mid ...
... that identifying the origins of these pelvic-based phenomena in hominin history is not a strong basis for reconstructing a shift in hominin social behavior. That is, we can assume that if ancient hominins were social primates, then they were true to form during parturition as well. A more active mid ...
Evolution, Diet and Health
... within fairly narrow limits; hyperadiposity, as it exists for many contemporary humans, is rare or nonexistent for other primates. The necessity for physical exertion, unavoidable for most humans until the industrial era and, especially, the 20th Century, ensured substantial muscularity, in the prop ...
... within fairly narrow limits; hyperadiposity, as it exists for many contemporary humans, is rare or nonexistent for other primates. The necessity for physical exertion, unavoidable for most humans until the industrial era and, especially, the 20th Century, ensured substantial muscularity, in the prop ...
Anthropology
... Most archaeologists study artifacts (the remains of items made by past humans, such as tools, pottery, and buildings) and human fossils (preserved bones). They also examine past environments to understand how natural forces, such as climate and available food, shaped the development of human culture ...
... Most archaeologists study artifacts (the remains of items made by past humans, such as tools, pottery, and buildings) and human fossils (preserved bones). They also examine past environments to understand how natural forces, such as climate and available food, shaped the development of human culture ...
Evolution of the Human Life Cycle - Deep Blue
... growth spurt. Thc magnitude of this accelerThe stages of the life cycle may be studied ation in growth was calculated by Largo et directly only for living species. However, al. (1978)for a sample of Swiss subjects mea- there are lines of evidence on the life cycle sured annually between 4 and 18 yea ...
... growth spurt. Thc magnitude of this accelerThe stages of the life cycle may be studied ation in growth was calculated by Largo et directly only for living species. However, al. (1978)for a sample of Swiss subjects mea- there are lines of evidence on the life cycle sured annually between 4 and 18 yea ...
GEOGRAPHY 8960 Environmental Variability and Human Migration
... b) Familiarity with the general aspects of several important large-scale migration events in human history and pre-history. c) The ability to relate theory to observations in the context of the migratory events analyzed. d) Understanding of the main processes controlling environmental variability at ...
... b) Familiarity with the general aspects of several important large-scale migration events in human history and pre-history. c) The ability to relate theory to observations in the context of the migratory events analyzed. d) Understanding of the main processes controlling environmental variability at ...
Chapter 1 - Cynthia Clarke
... Primates include prosimians (older term), monkeys, and apes, and humans o Primate paleontology (also called paleoprimatology) is an example of overlap between these foci of anthropology and studies the evolutionary history of ancient primate species. ...
... Primates include prosimians (older term), monkeys, and apes, and humans o Primate paleontology (also called paleoprimatology) is an example of overlap between these foci of anthropology and studies the evolutionary history of ancient primate species. ...
Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
... As outlined above, the traditional explanation for the apparent constraint on increased fetal investment in humans is the OD hypothesis, which suggests that broadening the female pelvis beyond its current dimensions would significantly diminish locomotor performance. The OD hypothesis suggests that t ...
Pre-20th-Century
... development of theories of scientific observation, imagination and experience (da Vinci, Galileo). Visual ethnography developed by Nicolay and others as a supplement, and sometimes a contrasting alternative, to verbal representations. Main varieties: Nicolay’s ethnographic theory founded in understa ...
... development of theories of scientific observation, imagination and experience (da Vinci, Galileo). Visual ethnography developed by Nicolay and others as a supplement, and sometimes a contrasting alternative, to verbal representations. Main varieties: Nicolay’s ethnographic theory founded in understa ...
Modifying landscapes and mass kills
... Within these limited resource environments, the general placement of such structures is not random, but rather reflects a substantial understanding on the part of hunters regarding the patterns of movement that were followed by target species across these open landscapes on a recurring annual basis. ...
... Within these limited resource environments, the general placement of such structures is not random, but rather reflects a substantial understanding on the part of hunters regarding the patterns of movement that were followed by target species across these open landscapes on a recurring annual basis. ...
The naturalization of humans - laral
... Neural networks naturalize the mind in the sense that they don’t assume there is something – the mind – that should be studied with concepts intrinsically different from the concepts of the natural sciences. But they do not “eliminate” the mind or, more precisely, mental life. Most animals have only ...
... Neural networks naturalize the mind in the sense that they don’t assume there is something – the mind – that should be studied with concepts intrinsically different from the concepts of the natural sciences. But they do not “eliminate” the mind or, more precisely, mental life. Most animals have only ...
Human Molecular Evolution Lecture 2
... study of human evolution • By the beginning of the 20th century, primate evolution had become established as an area of major interest within anthropology – providing the broad evolutionary context for studying human origins. • Classification by morphological similarity is challenged by phylogenetic ...
... study of human evolution • By the beginning of the 20th century, primate evolution had become established as an area of major interest within anthropology – providing the broad evolutionary context for studying human origins. • Classification by morphological similarity is challenged by phylogenetic ...
ANTHROPOLOGY : IT`S RELATIONSHIP WITH LIFE SCIENCES
... these things it is necessary to depend on the geologist apart from the prehistoric archaeologist who possesses a fairly good idea of these aspects. Pedology, the science of soils, is another potential field with which prehistory is related. The analysis of the soil is not only used in dating but als ...
... these things it is necessary to depend on the geologist apart from the prehistoric archaeologist who possesses a fairly good idea of these aspects. Pedology, the science of soils, is another potential field with which prehistory is related. The analysis of the soil is not only used in dating but als ...
Forensic Anthropology
... Sometimes the forensic anthropologist must determine whether the remains found are actually human. Many times, positive identification can be established from such remains, but often only an exclusionary identity can be drawn. In physical trauma analysis, a forensic anthropologist attempts to determ ...
... Sometimes the forensic anthropologist must determine whether the remains found are actually human. Many times, positive identification can be established from such remains, but often only an exclusionary identity can be drawn. In physical trauma analysis, a forensic anthropologist attempts to determ ...
darwin`s legacy: a comparative approach to the evolution of human
... steps until an organism reaches ‘languagereadiness,’ in Corballis’ (2002) words. The second option has two possible readings: a) Human language is a distinct and discrete faculty that evolved because selective (possibly environmental and social) pressures acted on it (Pinker 1994). b) Natural select ...
... steps until an organism reaches ‘languagereadiness,’ in Corballis’ (2002) words. The second option has two possible readings: a) Human language is a distinct and discrete faculty that evolved because selective (possibly environmental and social) pressures acted on it (Pinker 1994). b) Natural select ...
Origins of human intelligence: The chain of tool
... however, individuals with ADHD retained some of the older characteristics of the huntergatherer societies that preceded agriculture (Hartmann 2005). The studies of isolated nomads in Kenya and the frequency of genetic variants that contribute to ADHD indicate that the trait provided a survival advan ...
... however, individuals with ADHD retained some of the older characteristics of the huntergatherer societies that preceded agriculture (Hartmann 2005). The studies of isolated nomads in Kenya and the frequency of genetic variants that contribute to ADHD indicate that the trait provided a survival advan ...
Department of Anthropology. Graduate Student Comprehensive
... Marks, Jonathan. 2003. What it means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes. University of California Press. Segerdehal, Par. Et Al. 2006. Kanzi’s Primal Language. Palgrave McMillan. And (with skepticism) Wrangham and Peterson Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violoence. ...
... Marks, Jonathan. 2003. What it means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes. University of California Press. Segerdehal, Par. Et Al. 2006. Kanzi’s Primal Language. Palgrave McMillan. And (with skepticism) Wrangham and Peterson Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violoence. ...
Evidence for Change Across Time
... A PowerPoint presentation, 12 slides maximum, teaching the class about the evidence you have examined from all 4 branches of biology that, using the fossil record, anatomical, and molecular similarities, gives a logical argument for the development of species over time. This will be emailed to s ...
... A PowerPoint presentation, 12 slides maximum, teaching the class about the evidence you have examined from all 4 branches of biology that, using the fossil record, anatomical, and molecular similarities, gives a logical argument for the development of species over time. This will be emailed to s ...
ANT 570 Principles of Physical Anthropology History of Physical
... beautiful race of men, I mean the Georgian; and ... in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the original forms of mankind ...
... beautiful race of men, I mean the Georgian; and ... in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the original forms of mankind ...
Darwinian Evolutionary Ethics
... These words were written in the heat of Darwin's most creative period. These passages are an expression of hopeful enthusiasm rather than triumph. He was actively pursuing a purely materialistic theory of organic evolution, and was already committed to the idea that humans would belong under the the ...
... These words were written in the heat of Darwin's most creative period. These passages are an expression of hopeful enthusiasm rather than triumph. He was actively pursuing a purely materialistic theory of organic evolution, and was already committed to the idea that humans would belong under the the ...
Stoneking, M. 2009.
... parallel changes involving SINEs should be extremely rare. And, since subsequent deletions of inserted elements hardly ever occur, and if they do they leave behind a signature of the original insertion event (either part of the SINE remains, or some of the flanking sequence is also deleted), reversa ...
... parallel changes involving SINEs should be extremely rare. And, since subsequent deletions of inserted elements hardly ever occur, and if they do they leave behind a signature of the original insertion event (either part of the SINE remains, or some of the flanking sequence is also deleted), reversa ...
Evolution scenarios
... 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 that have coevolved with bats are light in color. Therefore, bats, which are active at night, ...
... 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 that have coevolved with bats are light in color. Therefore, bats, which are active at night, ...
Macro-Evolution
... developed them. We now have strong evidence that bacteria have lost their introns during evolution”. Gilbert speculates that bacteria may have evolved from larger, less efficient pre-eukaryotes, no examples of which survive. This theory is difficult to test, he says, but “in the next 5-10 years, gen ...
... developed them. We now have strong evidence that bacteria have lost their introns during evolution”. Gilbert speculates that bacteria may have evolved from larger, less efficient pre-eukaryotes, no examples of which survive. This theory is difficult to test, he says, but “in the next 5-10 years, gen ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... continuous selection. Here, with the expression of a “struggle for existence”, Darwin describes the individual’s fight for survival, but emphasized that he understood the expression in a purely metaphorical sense and in no manner wanted it to be misunderstood as a fight of everyone against each other. ...
... continuous selection. Here, with the expression of a “struggle for existence”, Darwin describes the individual’s fight for survival, but emphasized that he understood the expression in a purely metaphorical sense and in no manner wanted it to be misunderstood as a fight of everyone against each other. ...
Anthropological Views of Play
... exists, the question arises of the biologically and that the selective value of the play imadaptive significance of play. This is an old pulse relates to the linkage. This notion question of concern to biology as well as assumes that, although man is a life-long anthropology, of course, and one that ...
... exists, the question arises of the biologically and that the selective value of the play imadaptive significance of play. This is an old pulse relates to the linkage. This notion question of concern to biology as well as assumes that, although man is a life-long anthropology, of course, and one that ...
Discovery of human antiquity
The discovery of human antiquity was a major achievement of science in the middle of the 19th century, and the foundation of scientific paleoanthropology. The antiquity of man, human antiquity, or in simpler language the age of the human race, are names given to the series of scientific debates it involved, which with modifications continue in the 21st century. These debates have clarified and given scientific evidence, from a number of disciplines, towards solving the basic question of dating the first human being.Controversy was very active in this area in parts of the 19th century, with some dormant periods also. A key date was the 1859 re-evaluation of archaeological evidence that had been published 12 years earlier by Boucher de Perthes. It was then widely accepted, as validating the suggestion that man was much older than previously been believed, for example than the 6,000 years implied by some traditional chronologies.In 1863 T. H. Huxley argued that man was an evolved species; and in 1864 Alfred Russel Wallace combined natural selection with the issue of antiquity. The arguments from science for what was then called the ""great antiquity of man"" became convincing to most scientists, over the following decade. The separate debate on the antiquity of man had in effect merged into the larger one on evolution, being simply a chronological aspect. It has not ended as a discussion, however, since the current science of human antiquity is still in flux.