PSYD30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Eusociality, Neocortex
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Paragraph 1: briefly describe the content of the readings. The chapter starts off discussing the evolution of why humans have a large brain (i. e. , because of our neocortex for cognitive processing of information) and human sociality (i. e. , how human beings have evolved to live in social groups). Then the chapter goes into discussing how human beings have evolved to live in well-coordinated social groups, because by being cooperative and helping other group members it results in better survival rates. Finally, the chapter goes into saying that in a social group every member plays a role and with our reputations we manage the impressions of other group members, Paragraph 2: briefly describe what found interesting, and why. In regard to the six leaps forward in the evolution of human eusociality i did not know that the establishment campsites led to the development of human civilization.
