PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Counterintuitive, Evolution, Fecundity
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Cultural evolution: biological evolution: replication of genes, natural selection, survival of fittest, sexual selection, biological genes analogous to cultural memes, longevity. If too counterintuitive, you will lose what others" say but minimally counterintuitive things are interesting i. e. , fairy tale. If they can"t resolve conflict, it can escalate and results in homicide: these generalizations describe the contexts in which almost all human evolution and history have occurred, homo-erectus was born 1. 8 million years ago. About 500,000 years ago, these hominids began developing increasingly larger brains. Despite their larger brains, they left no evidence of art, religion, or language: homosapiens came on the scene approx 150,000 years ago. They had the capacity for developing language: these are homosapiens from modern day. They"re a bit more advanced : how we change from homosapiens to how we are now, one of the major changes is reflected in this frieze on a wall in mesopotamio (today iraq, picture: agriculture.
