PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: European Early Modern Humans, Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens
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In the last 35 centuries the changes in humans have been cultural not biological: humans are omnivorous, can eat animals and plants, allows us to occupy nearly any environment, developed agriculture. In games that tested this idea, people who engaged in more charitable acts were more likely to obtain financial and political support. In other studies, people were unwilling to admit that they wouldn"t give blood and were more willing to give if they got a sticker or pin: advertises to others that they are generous. Language: language is universal among humans, people learn language in all cultures under a wide variety of conditions, even though there are thousands of different languages, they all share common elements. History of human speech: foxp2, gene related to severe speech deficits, this gene is found in a wide variety of species, including other primates, frogs, fish rodents, likely a very old gene. In 11% this area was larger in the right hemisphere.
