Chapter 6: Learning About the Past: Behavioral Models for Human Evolution
Chapter 6: Learning About the Past: Behavioral Models for Human Evolution
Overview
This chapter demonstrates how evidence from the present may be used to guide us in our reconstruction of human evolution. It explains and illustrates the concepts of analogy and homology. It then examines key behaviors of nonhuman primates, with emphasis on chimpanzees and bonobos, to isolate traits that we share with them and presumably inherited from a common ancestor. It concludes with a look at what may be learned about our past from cautious studies of recent foraging societies.Practice Exam (36 Questions)
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