The Rise of Humans : Great Scientific Debates.

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Course number 1612: 24 lectures (30 minutes per lecture).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-138) of coursebook.
Disc 1. Ramapithecus: ape man ; Australopithecus afarensis: ancestor or not? ; Ardipithecus: hominin or not? ; Brain structure versus brain size ; The dietary hypothesis ; Africa or Asia -- disc 2. An apes view of the oldowan ; Who was homo habilis? ; How big was homo erectus? ; The movius line ; The hobbits of Flores ; Archaeology and cooperation -- disc 3. Presapiens or preneanderthal? What do stone tools reveal about early man? ; Did neandertals speak? ; Neandertals: extinct or ancestors? ; Is our neandertal heritageimportant? ; Multiregional evolutionversus out of Africa -- disc 4. Climate's impact on our evolution ; Language: adaptation or spandrel? ; Why did humans strat creating art? ; Clovis or preclovis? ; Faring: midration or diffusion? ; Are humans still evolving?
Taught by Professor John Hawks, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
DVD.

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