SOCIOL 1Z03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Homo Erectus, Conflict Theories, Olfaction

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Culture is generally regarded as a complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviours, and material objects shared by a group and passed on from one generation to the next. There is evidence that our early hominin ancestors lived in groups as far back as. Early hominins had smaller brain sizes than more recent ancestors. As brain size increased, birthing needed to occur at an earlier stage of development because a large head would not fit through a female"s birth canal. (offspring were born at a less advanced developmental stage) homo erectus approx. The attachment of a male to a female is believed to have occurred between 2. 4 and 1. 9 million years ago. Offspring became more dependent for longer periods of time, the need to secure food and protect young grew: subsistence. Tools used for hunting date as far back as 2. 6 million years, while evidence of organized hunts dates back 500 000 years.