anthropology

I find there are many caveats about declaring when "modern man" came into being. For the purposes of this thread I'll go with what I consider a conservative estimate of 40,000 years. I'm talking about anatomically modern humans with a full complement of human intelligence. I cannot figure out...

We, as a species, are getting taller. This is not due to evolution, but to improved nutrition, particularly in childhood. A measurable change in our species has occurred because of a factor we have introduced and continued to improve...

An article in New Scientist lists ten things which scientists still debate as to evolutionary origin/advantage: http://www.newscientist.com/special/ten-mysteries-of-you Included are such things as blushing, laughter, art, and nose-picking.... I've read a couple of scholarly articles on the...

CFI-LA's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents Beautiful Minds: Apes, Dolphins and the Roots of Humanity 11:00 AM, Sunday, June 1, 2008 What do great apes and dolphins have in common? :confused: They’re second in intelligence only to humans. Craig Stanford, who is Professor of...

Is this the new phrenology? Linky Really!? Anyone know how you determine an individual's long-term-fidelity? What if they're a complete scoundrel and then meet the right person...? Some people can, but others can't? Is it me, or is that a complete non-statement? I'm not a huge fan of...

I'm getting way ahead of myself here as I'm still working on completing my Associates Degree before transferring for a Bachelors. I definitely want to do something with Biology, but I'm trying to narrow it down. I'd be happy with anything in the greater field, but I am definitely most...

Which is our closest relative? (Of the three, it's Humans. I know that! :) Which of the other two!) John Grehan thinks that the physical similarities with Orangutans implies they are our closest relative. In spite of the genetic evidence. Buffalo Museum of Science...

If there is one thing of which I am certain, it is this: When one leaves the northern hemisphere and ventures south, one enters a completely new world. Primitive cultures and civilizations abound, many of which cling to incredibly strange beliefs. One wonders, how could these people actually...

"... Nowadays, with a daring that might have dazzled St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, two titans of the computer world argue that everything in the universe is a kind of computer. Their sensational idea originally enjoyed a brief flurry of celebrity in the late 1980s, when one of the two...