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History of Human Biology according to Michael Little: A Timeline
While reading this article I was struck by how much our current culture and political climate dictates what the field of anthropology tends to focus on. Here, I want to provide a kind of timeline of...
View Article“Mitochondrial Eve”: Yes or No?
While preparing my presentation for today I ran across an article published in Newsweek just 5 years after the theory of “Mitochondrial Eve” was first proposed that tried to debunk the whole thing. I’d...
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Junk (DNA) Drawer
Wait! Don’t throw that out! So even though we’ve talked a little bit about this already in class, here is an article that clarifies it in case there is still some confusion about the purpose of “junk”...
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Ants in my Pants; or, E.O. Wilson Comes to UA
So tonight the legendary E.O. Wilson is giving a guest lecture on campus. In preparation for this, I read one of his articles to get a sense of what kind of work he does with ants. I read “The...
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
This week for class we read “The Australopithecines in Review” by L.C. Aiello and P. Andrews. In this article the australopithecines are divided into two main categories: gracile and...
View ArticleThe “Human Revolution”: It’s Not a Thing.
If you haven’t already looked at Achsah’s blog, please do so because my post is mostly questions on the things I think are important from the McBrearty and Brooks article for class this week. She does...
View ArticleAn Overview of Paradigms in the Evolution of Development; or, ALL THE PARADIGMS
8 Paradigms in the Evolution of Development: Konner Chp. 2 1- Neo-Darwinian Theory aka the Adaptationist Paradigm Famous figure: Charles Darwin Basic Insight: Natural selection shapes behavior to...
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Brains, Brains, Brains!
What an appropriate blog subject for Halloween! This chapter focuses on the evolution of the brain. Konner states that increasing complexity in the nervous system is bound to come along with increasing...
View ArticleHello, Archaeology. We meet again.
This week John Hawks is coming to give talk (s) at UA which is very exciting! SO in anticipation of his visit (and in an effort to sound like an intelligent individual at dinner tonight!) I read a few...
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