Anthropology

I'm indeed fishing for an answer from those in the anthropology -science fields. Does anyone have a gut feeling about a population or culture of people that seems to be the "link".

2007-12-05 01:53:14 · 3 answers · asked by rich s 2

...found in Java & China, dating from 27,000 to 1.35 million years ago?

2007-12-04 17:40:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why I can't see him in senate building anymore?

2007-12-04 15:16:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just to make comparisons with the evidence of caveman, neanderthals, iceman according to historians & that scientific carbon-dating.

Thanks!

2007-12-04 14:17:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the most interesting/ unique native american tribe/group? I need to do a presentation on one.

2007-12-04 12:59:18 · 7 answers · asked by ellie 3

...resulting in the final emergence of Homo Sapiens?

i.e. Homo ergaster, 1.9 million BP
Homo erectus, 1.7 million BP
Homo antecessor, 0.8 million BP
Homo heidelbergensis, 0.6 million BP
Homo idaltu, 0.2 million BP

That is, since there was a time when several varieties of Homonin roamed Africa simultaneously, and were not exceptionally different in apearance...

Interbreeding could have been a major cause for an accelerated rate of mutations, many of which were successful...

What say you?

2007-12-04 11:47:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Young chimpanzees have an extraordinary memory that is far better than that of adult humans, a Japanese study said Tuesday.
"The capacity of the brain is limited. Perhaps humans gave up older skills in order to acquire new skills, such as languages," Matsuzawa told Japanese media.

"Maybe the same is true as youngsters become adults," he said, noting that chimps' memory capability declined with age.

The young chimps are considered to have "eidetic imagery," or the capability to retain an accurate, detailed image of a complex scene or pattern.

In the multiyear study, the team looked at three pairs of chimpanzees -- three mothers and their offspring born in 2000 -- and tested them against nine human university students.

The apes were taught the order of single-digit Hindu-Arabic numerals and then tested on how they could remember them when displayed in random combinations.

The team flashed the numbers "1" through "9" on a screen at various time intervals -- 0.65 seconds, 0.43 seconds and 0.21 seconds.

The numbers were then replaced by blank squares and the subjects were asked to use the touch-screen to mark the original order.

The young chimpanzees performed better than the university students in both speed and accuracy even when they are interrupted by loud noises, the study said.

"Humans were slower than all of the three young chimpanzees in the response," it said. "In general, the performance of the three young chimpanzees was better than that of the three mothers."

The study is the latest confirming the high intelligence of chimpanzees, who are among humans' closest relatives.

Washoe, a chimp who could communicate 250 words in sign language and was considered the first animal to crack the language barrier with humans, died at age 42 in October in the United States.

2007-12-04 10:34:29 · 7 answers · asked by pia 1

like from a distant galaxy or possibly another universe or reality? like you know how we look at microscopic organisms under the micsroscrope? We could be those microscopic organisms to another civilization higer and way more advanced than us, and they are looking at us and learning and studying us. Then i though about my(how many known dementions are there) question, and i though, what are the organisms that look at under our microscope to the higher more advanced civilization above us if there is one. maby if there is a more advanced civilization looking down at us under there microscope and studying us, maby they dont have the technology to see the organisms we look at under our micrscope, like the organisms under our microscope we see are in a totally different demension than that higher more advanced one. just like us humas. what if the organisms we see under the microscope are studying even more incredibly impossibly small organisms under there microscope?

2007-12-04 07:22:24 · 13 answers · asked by Christian W 1

2007-12-04 07:10:13 · 7 answers · asked by jingles 3

Would the theory ever have been made?

2007-12-04 03:58:51 · 15 answers · asked by Joshua L 2

2007-12-03 23:26:36 · 4 answers · asked by snuffles1219 1

2007-12-03 15:18:17 · 9 answers · asked by Smiles 3

2007-12-03 07:41:39 · 7 answers · asked by fmjakhilles 2

Have an extra credit assignment whereas I can watch/discuss a movie with strong cultural anthropology ties. Looking for some options, thanks!

2007-12-03 06:55:33 · 8 answers · asked by zillenium_00 3

As in the today world, we all come from different races, e.g. Asian, African, European, and etc. I wonder if in ancient times, there were many different races of monkeys as well. If so, which species of monkey go to which human race.

2007-12-02 14:19:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think that all humans share a common ancestor on Earth (Adam and Eve?) or could we all be the descendants of many different Human races that came from all over the galaxy?

2007-12-02 04:13:15 · 10 answers · asked by Zonified 2

Is the human race still evolving? If so, what will the the next major physical change be?

2007-12-01 18:39:08 · 18 answers · asked by Paul D 1

2007-12-01 13:53:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-01 13:35:21 · 8 answers · asked by 9BLESSINGS 1

what was the name of the imaginary creature that is considered to be missing link between chimps and humans?

2007-12-01 00:20:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-30 18:09:43 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-30 17:34:36 · 21 answers · asked by Chris cc 1

I need to have the remote control, a good book and my hash pipe. You?

2007-11-30 10:26:00 · 24 answers · asked by Burgas G 1

Is there any other established fact about the origin of life on earth?..or still charles darwin theory considered to be the fittest?

2007-11-30 09:11:38 · 16 answers · asked by ovais_mirza 2

I need to find an animal to do a natural selection project on, one with lots of information about it . No common animals like penguins, lions, giraffes, and finches........

2007-11-30 08:14:55 · 14 answers · asked by Alisa 3

2007-11-30 06:56:12 · 4 answers · asked by Ivory33 6

Why man can not swim witout learning it, and others beings do?

2007-11-29 16:59:02 · 5 answers · asked by interogative old man 2

i am thinking about going back to school for cultural anthropology master or Phd program, what would be some good cultures to study and what is interesting to study about them?? i got my BA from TTU, it was a decent program...

Thanks!!

2007-11-29 05:34:12 · 8 answers · asked by bobowness 3

2007-11-29 04:16:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 03:17:23 · 13 answers · asked by SBF 2