Evolutionary anthropology
hideEvolutionary anthropology is the study of the relation between social behavior and the evolution of hominids and non-hominid primates. It includes:
Evolutionary anthropology is concerned with both biological and cultural evolution of humans, past and present. It is generally based on a scientific approach, and brings together fields such as archaeology, behavioral ecology, psychology, primatology, and genetics. It is a dynamic and interdiscplinary field, drawing on many lines of evidence to understand the human experience, past and present.
Studies of biological evolution generally concern the evolution of the human form. Cultural evolution involves the study of cultural change over time and space and frequently incorporate Cultural transmission models. Note that cultural evolution is not the same as biological evolution, and that human culture involves the transmission of cultural information, which behaves in ways quite distinct from human biology and genetics. The study of cultural change is increasingly performed through cladistics and genetic models.
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News tagged with evolutionary anthropology
Study: Evolutionary past may determine how we choose leaders
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to 'a ...
Pulling together increases your pain threshold
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of Oxford rowers shows that members of a team who exercise together are able to tolerate twice as much pain as when they train on their own.
Bipedal humans came down from the trees, not up from the ground (w/ Video)
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A detailed examination of the wrist bones of several primate species challenges the notion that humans evolved their two-legged upright walking style from a knuckle-walking ancestor.
Prehistoric Cold Case Hints of Interspecies Homicide
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to ...
Scientists discover neurons that 'mirror' the attention of others
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.
Mystery about domestication of horse has been unravelled -- now location and time are proofed
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Wild horses were domesticated in the Ponto-Caspian steppe region (today Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania) in the 3rd millennium B.C. Despite the pivotal role horses have played in the history of human societies, the process ...
A little bit of spit reveals a lot about what lives in your mouth
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Like it or not, your mouth is home to a thriving community of microbial life. More than 600 different species of bacteria reside in this "microbiome," yet everyone hosts a unique set of bugs, and this could have important ...
