Abstract
... The origin of the Lapita Cultural Complex: Analyses of mtDNA from ³long² and ³short² pigs Abstract: The archaeological record of the human settlement of the Pacific describes two discreet periods of range expansion. Some of the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa is found in the Pac ...
... The origin of the Lapita Cultural Complex: Analyses of mtDNA from ³long² and ³short² pigs Abstract: The archaeological record of the human settlement of the Pacific describes two discreet periods of range expansion. Some of the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa is found in the Pac ...
Anth
... – Elements of culture satisfy individual needs – Everything has a useful function for individuals ...
... – Elements of culture satisfy individual needs – Everything has a useful function for individuals ...
Scientific Method
... anthropological concept that informs research in all subdisciplines Evolution Evolution— —change through time, whether in social systems or organisms In ...
... anthropological concept that informs research in all subdisciplines Evolution Evolution— —change through time, whether in social systems or organisms In ...
Archeology PowerPoint - Western Kentucky University
... Photos from my work at Mammoth Cave National Park. ...
... Photos from my work at Mammoth Cave National Park. ...
Evolutionary Synthesis in the Social Sciences and
... A truly Darwinian theory of cultural evolution In my view, an adequate theory of cultural evolution, one that maintains Darwin’s fundamental insight that change occurs when varying entities within a population are differentially inherited over successive generations, yet simultaneously acknowledges ...
... A truly Darwinian theory of cultural evolution In my view, an adequate theory of cultural evolution, one that maintains Darwin’s fundamental insight that change occurs when varying entities within a population are differentially inherited over successive generations, yet simultaneously acknowledges ...
suggested films
... 1. Anthropologist James Rilling monitored brain activity in young women playing a game to study why people cooperate. 2. He found that the choice to cooperate stimulated areas of the brain associated with pleasure and reward-seeking behavior. III. Survey and Excavation A. Systematic survey provides ...
... 1. Anthropologist James Rilling monitored brain activity in young women playing a game to study why people cooperate. 2. He found that the choice to cooperate stimulated areas of the brain associated with pleasure and reward-seeking behavior. III. Survey and Excavation A. Systematic survey provides ...
exam #3 study guide
... EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE (CHAPTER 17, p. 436-438) Natural selection and viruses (i.e. the role of antibiotics in producing drug-resistant strains) MACROEVOLUTION AND BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION (CHAPTER 5): Principles of Classification: homologies, cladistics (cladograms, ancestral vs. derived traits ...
... EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE (CHAPTER 17, p. 436-438) Natural selection and viruses (i.e. the role of antibiotics in producing drug-resistant strains) MACROEVOLUTION AND BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION (CHAPTER 5): Principles of Classification: homologies, cladistics (cladograms, ancestral vs. derived traits ...
Steward and Harris Presentation Slides
... Focused on understanding a single problem in culture, not seeking to understand the entire culture as a complete system (problem-orientated fieldwork) Concerned with “adaptive relationships between humans and their environments” and not with the culture traits, styles, and norms Emphasized parallels ...
... Focused on understanding a single problem in culture, not seeking to understand the entire culture as a complete system (problem-orientated fieldwork) Concerned with “adaptive relationships between humans and their environments” and not with the culture traits, styles, and norms Emphasized parallels ...
Anthropology
... socialization, social control, political organization, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and culture change ...
... socialization, social control, political organization, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and culture change ...
what is anthropology?
... Class divided into 5 groups Assigned a school of thought Read and research Discuss it as a group: ...
... Class divided into 5 groups Assigned a school of thought Read and research Discuss it as a group: ...
What Is Archaeology?
... carbon, C14, into their living tissue. At the moment of death the C14 begins to decay at a rate that scientists already know from other experiments. The missing amount can then determine how long it took to be lost and therefore date the object to a precise period. C14 dating can only be used on org ...
... carbon, C14, into their living tissue. At the moment of death the C14 begins to decay at a rate that scientists already know from other experiments. The missing amount can then determine how long it took to be lost and therefore date the object to a precise period. C14 dating can only be used on org ...
Biological Anthropology
... two-week training dig in Cambridge which is funded by the Department. When you start Year 2, you choose a specific track to follow. In the stand alone Biological Anthropology track, there are three core papers: humans in a comparative perspective, human evolution and life history and health. A fourt ...
... two-week training dig in Cambridge which is funded by the Department. When you start Year 2, you choose a specific track to follow. In the stand alone Biological Anthropology track, there are three core papers: humans in a comparative perspective, human evolution and life history and health. A fourt ...
Cultural Evolution models and their tragic flaws
... Morgan: a child of his time • Morgan was contemporary of biologist Charles Darwin ...
... Morgan: a child of his time • Morgan was contemporary of biologist Charles Darwin ...
Cultural Evolution models and their tragic flaws
... Morgan: a child of his time • Morgan was contemporary of biologist Charles Darwin ...
... Morgan: a child of his time • Morgan was contemporary of biologist Charles Darwin ...
Inanimate and Animate Objects
... as well as architecture and different landscapes. Material evidence might include pottery, stone tools, rock art and house styles and construction methods. The data collected, however, is but a glimpse of what that past culture was really like; therefore archaeologists rely on other disciplines to p ...
... as well as architecture and different landscapes. Material evidence might include pottery, stone tools, rock art and house styles and construction methods. The data collected, however, is but a glimpse of what that past culture was really like; therefore archaeologists rely on other disciplines to p ...
Cultural evolution and archaeology : Historical and cultural trends
... theoretical climate in Scandinavian archaeology during the last 20 years has been characterized by a contextual and critical approach that has resulted in a fragmented, narrative, and in part an anti-scientific archaeology that is difficult to grasp from outside the discipline (see, for example, Bje ...
... theoretical climate in Scandinavian archaeology during the last 20 years has been characterized by a contextual and critical approach that has resulted in a fragmented, narrative, and in part an anti-scientific archaeology that is difficult to grasp from outside the discipline (see, for example, Bje ...
BAN 6: Evolution within our Species
... and how they relate to underlying cultural and biological process, and evidence for recent cultural influences on human phenotypes. The Lent term will cover life history variation and how it relates to human adaptability, and the genetic evidence for adaptation within our species, both due to introg ...
... and how they relate to underlying cultural and biological process, and evidence for recent cultural influences on human phenotypes. The Lent term will cover life history variation and how it relates to human adaptability, and the genetic evidence for adaptation within our species, both due to introg ...
evolution and material culture
... and even after Darwin’s publication of On the Origin of Species the 19th- and early 20th-century cultural evolutionists maintained a thoroughly non-Darwinian notion of evolution (Bettinger 1991). In contrast, a materialistic or instrumental perspective is characteristic of the natural sciences. This ...
... and even after Darwin’s publication of On the Origin of Species the 19th- and early 20th-century cultural evolutionists maintained a thoroughly non-Darwinian notion of evolution (Bettinger 1991). In contrast, a materialistic or instrumental perspective is characteristic of the natural sciences. This ...
BRAIN AND MIND
... require futictionally specialized developmental programmes; as their processing goals are not tlie same, they could not be derived from any unitary superordinate physical process, such as the formation of associations. The integration of evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, neuroscience an ...
... require futictionally specialized developmental programmes; as their processing goals are not tlie same, they could not be derived from any unitary superordinate physical process, such as the formation of associations. The integration of evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, neuroscience an ...
Postcard - Evolution of modern humans
... How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve? The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencing of ancient and extant humans, and their relati ...
... How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve? The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencing of ancient and extant humans, and their relati ...
Chapter 2 - HCC Learning Web
... Theory that seeks to answer large “why” questions. Goes beyond the archaeology specifics to address the “big questions” of concern to many social and historical sciences. Paradigms – overarching framework for understanding how the world works. A lot like culture; learned, shared and symbolic ...
... Theory that seeks to answer large “why” questions. Goes beyond the archaeology specifics to address the “big questions” of concern to many social and historical sciences. Paradigms – overarching framework for understanding how the world works. A lot like culture; learned, shared and symbolic ...