HDE 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Zygote, Germ Cell, Egg Cell
25 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2 biocultural foundations: laetoli prints were made by australopithecus afarensis about 3. 5 million years ago. It was thought that couples and families were living together like modern day us. They were most likely thought to be made by a male and female walking together: children follow common pathways developmental and physical. Lucy (australopithecus afarensis) was the most complete skeleton at the time to be found in ethiopia and named after a song: males were on average 4"11 and females were 3"5 . Scientists wanted to study the macaques, but needed to draw them out of the forest to observe them. They put sweet potatoes on the beach; imo, a macaque, started washing the sweet potato in the ocean/river. It seemed that she liked the salt water and others started copying her. They have learned methods to be successful in catching termites. The older generation will teach the younger generation and pass that culture down.
