ANTH 1002 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Exam Review PDF
25 Aug 2016
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Lecture 2: being human - mind, matter and. The nuts and bolts of humanity: several jumps in our development, nocturnal to diurnal, walking a way of life, simple stone tools, advanced tools and travel, domestication and language. The mind of a chimp: chimpanzees use tools and language but simply, can make foraging decisions, but relies on remembered details, not unknown sources low. Exibility: hunting more successful where groups are large and cooperate (tai chimps) 2: social intelligence, chimpanzees will build coalitions and political maneuvering for dominance, chimps read other chimps but not humans very well ex: sarah (premack 1988) Jump 2 - bipedality: role of musculature in bipedal locomotion, hip muscles, glutes, quadriceps and hamstring muscles, lower back. Bipedality and australopithecines: early bipedal hominids, 6 to 4 million years ago, lucy (a. afarensis) and laetoli footprints all date from 3. 5 mya. 3: skulls are more rounded, key social changes, oldowan pebble chopper, scavengers, not hunters, possibly greater social organization.
