Human Evolution Capacity for Culture

Human Biological and Cultural Evolution Cultural Anthropology

Culture in Evolutionary Perspective ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Capacity For Culture: Our Biological Roots ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Topics of This Section ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

First Things First: Taxonomy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Binomial Nomenclature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: The General Taxa ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Order Primata ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Suborder Anthropoidea ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Superfamily Hominoidea ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Hominids (Old Taxonomy) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Taxonomy: Hominids (New Taxonomy) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

On Hominid Taxonomy, DNA, and Monkey Wrenches ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Human Comparative Anatomy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Overview: The Human Skeleton ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where It All Begins: The Brain ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Parts of the Brain: Motor Cortex, Cross Section ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Parts of the Brain: Language Centers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Comic Relief, Anyone? (Courtesy of Geico) ,[object Object]

Human Skull ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Skull Morphology: Chimp and Human ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Human and Chimp Skulls Compared: Brain Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What This All Means ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dentition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Chimp and Human Jaws ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Anatomy of Tool Making and Use: The Hand ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ape and Human Hands ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Power and Precision Grip ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bipedalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Advantages of Bipedalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Vertebral Column and Pelvis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pelvis and Femur ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Foot Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Foot Arch: Longitudinal and Transverse ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Evolution of Humankind ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Model of Evolution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Early Models: The Great Chain of Being ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Catastrophism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Catastrophists: Ussher and Linnaeus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Garden of Eden: Overview ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Garden of Eden: The Myth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Garden of Eden: The Temptation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Garden of Eden: The Expulsion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Of Course, Others Besides Adam Talk to God . . . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Uniformitarianism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Uniformitarianism According to Charles Lyell ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Evolutionary Theories: Natural Selection ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Origin of Species ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

Natural Selection: Definition and Implications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Genetics and Mutation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Principles of Evolution: Genetics I ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Principles of Evolution: Genetics II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Reconstructing Fossil Hominins and their Tools ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Trends in Human Evolution: Australopithecus to Homo ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fossil Hominins: Skull, Arms, Hands ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fossil Hominins: Bipedalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Encephalization (a.k.a. Bigger Brains) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lucy ( Australopithecus afarensis ) and Us ( Homo sapiens) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When We Became Bipedal (According to Gary Larson) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Gracile and Robust Australopithecines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo habilis: The First Known Toolmaker ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo erectus: Cranial Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo Erectus (H. ergaster to Some): Postcranial Skeleton ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lower Paleolithic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo heidelbergensis (a.k.a. “Archaic” Homo sapiens ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Manufacturing Levallois Cores and Flakes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo neanderthalensis and H. sapiens skull ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Homo neanderthalensis and H. sapiens : Postcranial Skeletons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Neanderthal Tools: Mousterian and Châtelperronian Traditions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Upper Paleolithic: Modern Human Tool Traditions . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Review and Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Territory Ahead ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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