Prehistoric Cultures Class Slides Set # 01B Tim Roufs’ section Kinds of Major Finds and Announcements of the Past Quarter Century: Biocultural Discoveries
Turnbaugh et al, p. 117
Brain Research Pay attention to... 1.overall relative size zhuman brains average ca cm 3 [1450] 2.brain weight / body weight ratio zthe amount of brain per pound of body weight 3.structural complexity zusually a convoluted (wrinkled) brain is more complex
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Source Pravda:
Understanding Anthropology and Archaeology, 8 th edition, p. 43.
“Did We Come Out of Africa? Studies Collide” “Out of Africa” [“Replacement Theory”] vs. “Multi-Regional” Theory New York Times (12 January 2001)
“Are our kin Neanderthals?” University of Utah researcher, John Hawks, says Neanderthals bred with modern humans Deseret News (15 January 2001)
Conjoined twins occur in about 1 / 50,000 – 60,000 bir t hs