Similarities Between Early Human Groups

As human beings we started out as hunter gatherers. Humans gradually started to figure out that life would be a lot easier if they started doing things such as farming, planting crops, forming systems for hunting and more. As they realized their ideas were smart, they started making groups or ‘colonies’ of people. They went from very small groups, to large ones with hundreds of people. Having so many people living so close together in small places like like this caused chaos and disorder throughout the groups. Ancient civilizations maintained order through law codes, free will, and religion.

This chapter does argue about the human history before civilization. It mentions how history courses and books leave out information about the human journey. Historians leave out Paleolithic and Neolithic eras.

According to National Geographic, scientists have sequenced the genome factor of the chimpanzee and found that humans are 98.5% similar to the ape species. The chimpanzee is our closest relative in the animal kingdom; however, some people are not aware of our resembling traits with chimpanzees. Jane Goodall’s, In the Shadow of Man, describes some similar traits humans and chimpanzees have such as their facial expressions and emotions, use of tools, and diet.

Protecting communities is another biologic adaptation that emerged from chimpanzees. As humans began to evolve, their ability to fight grew through natural selection. As time went on, human evolution favored traits of cooperation over physical attributes. This emphasis on teamwork lead to a species keen on teamwork and strong desire to protect each other, while growing hostile towards outsiders. This can be seen in the early struggles between Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, and continues to be evident throughout early human

The evolution of mankind has seem to have established a complex form of control that is directly connected to popular conceptions of free will. Highly adaptive aspects, designated by self-control and the idea of rational choice are crucial to successfully functioning within a given culture or community. The processes that conceive such forms of free will could be biologically costly and thus used only on occasion. Thus most individuals will tend to be only somewhat not completely rational, disciplined and noble. This is the conclusion of Roy Baumeister, leader in the field of psychology from Florida State University. Baumeister strongly believes that as a result of biological processes willpower is no more than a limited resource. On the

The most recent ancestor to the modern human, Homo neanderthalensis existed between 300,000 and 35,000 years ago. Originating in Africa, ancestors of the early Neanderthals migrated northwards almost 800,000 years ago. These migrants colonized much of the Old World with the majority based in Europe and small groups scattered throughout the Middle East and Asia. Historically, the Neanderthals were among the most resiliant creatures to exist on Earth. As a population, they thrived during the European ice age 40,000 years ago. This ice age enveloped the majority of Northern and Central Europe and due to their physique were the Neanderthals were able to surive. Physcially, the Neanderthals were larger and more muscular than today’s human

The history of life on earth goes back to millions of years. Many species and creatures evolved and changed through time, leading up to what we know today as, modern man. One of the creatures most similar to modern man is the Neanderthals; they are sometimes referred to as “early modern humans.”

In the aspect of man v. man, humankind is always fighting between each other. The book of Grendel shows this in chapter seven. “The old king came out, well armed, leading a bear and six retainers.” (Gardner 97) shows that man was fighting man. Then again in the book it says “Men have been known to kill their brothers when they’ve too much mead.” (Gardner 103). Men fight against each other even

Angelina: First of all there is a major misconception about the interaction of behavior in biology. People think that just because something is biological it’s inevitable, justified and impossible for change. This concept is called biological determinism and it refers to the notion that all human behavior is innate and determined by biological characteristics, genetic makeup and brain size[1]. The naturalistic fallacy points out that as humans we have the ability to make our own moral judgements, and that just because something is “natural” does not necessarily make it pre-determined or acceptable [1].We humans have the capability to alter our mindsets and have utter control over our actions and behavior.

It has often been suggested that hunter gatherers were savage however the study of warfare in the science journal The Science, suggest that the origins of warfare were not rooted in hunter gatherer groups but rather in cultures that held land livestock

The group I will tell you about is an early hunter-gatherer group that migrated to North America from Eurasia and ended up near the site of Blackwater Draw in New Mexico approximately 11,000 years ago. They used a tool technology called the Clovis industry. I will bring you into light of how they arrived at their main site or base camp. How they lived there, who they lived with, what they hunted and how they hunted it, also what their social networks were like.

There are many instances in Through a Window that showed me how alike chimpanzees and humans really are. For example, on page fifteen, Goodall talks about Lucy. Lucy is a chimpanzee that is trained as if she were a human. She is able to identify pictures and call them by their names, such as “blue” and “dog”. Although Lucy could not verbally say these words, she used American Sign Language, which I think is even more impressive! Chimpanzees are just like babies in this way, they soak up so much information and are able to apply it within their own life. Goodall compares humans and chimpanzees on page sixteen, showing how the anatomy of both brains are very similar, “There are equally striking similarities between humans and chimpanzees in the anatomy and wiring of the brain and nervous system, and – although many scientists have been reluctant to admit this – in social behavior, intellectual abilities and emotions.” It is also proven that chimpanzees can catch human viruses and diseases, unlike other non-human animals. Another example of how humans and chimpanzees are alike was shown when Goodall talked about the baby chimps. Infant chimps are in need of the same things as human infants, “And one cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.” (Goodall, page 19). Not only do baby chimpanzees need love and affection like humans, they also learn by imitation. A

Neanderthal the most recent archaic human, who was introduced to this world between 300,00 and 100,000 years ago then after many years were replaced by humans between 35,000 and 24,000 years ago. Neanderthals inhabited Eurasia from the Atlantic regions of Europe eastward to Central Asia and from as far north as present-day Belgium southward to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia.” (www.britannica.com). Human populations that were very similar to Neanderthals lived in eastern Asia and Africa. Neanderthals lived in these locations because they had many limestone caves where they lived; limestone caves also preserve bones very well. “The name Neanderthal (or Neandertal) derives from the Neander Valley near

Some surprising discoveries reveal aesthetics and abstract thought in Neanderthal cultures that predate the arrival of H. sapiens. These finds include the engraving and signs of feather use from Gorham's Cave. In fact, artifacts of this nature have been discovered at archaeological sites across Europe. At the Grotta di Fumane in Italy's Veneto region, archaeologists found evidence of feather use and the fossil of a snail shell which had been collected from at least 100 kilometers away that had been stained red, suspended on a string and worn as a pendant at least 47,600 years ago. The sites of Cueva de los Aviones and Cueva Antón in southeastern Spain have also yielded seashells bearing traces of pigment. Some seem to have served as cups for

This essay will outline and compare both biological and behavioural perspectives on human behaviour. The history, major discoveries and theories will be discussed along with some of the most influential theorists in each of these two areas of psychology. This essay will also compare the two areas strengths and weaknesses in the field of psychology.