Georgina Holmes explores how the adoption of agriculture came at a cost to our health The transition from hunting and gathering to farming led to a rise in disease prevalence and led to population collapse 11,500 years ago (at the end of the last ice age)* humanity made one of its greatest leaps in innovation: agriculture. Previously hunter-gatherers, bands of early Homo Sapiens gradually adopted the practice of domesticating crops over thousands of years. Completely independ

Richard W. Byrne in 'Tree of Origin: What Primate Behaviour Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution' Notes by Georgina Holmes BOOK CHAPTER SUMMARY BOOK: Tree of Origin: What Primate Behaviour Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution CHAPTER 6: Social and Technical Forms of Primate Intelligence by Richard W. Byrne How did our cognition and intellectual capacities evolve? Role of Comparative Biology Behaviour of ancient ancestors hardly preserved archaeology Behaviour of moder

Beginning in the rhythms of the womb, bipedal footsteps didn’t just set the stage for dance, drums, and John Bonham, but also speech itself.

Focusing on the exploits of Hans Reinerth and the prehistoric research undertaken under Nazi rule, it is evident that the abuse and manipula

Agriculture is not the sole cause of declining health; lifestyle factors play a more important role in whether health is adversely affected.

Philopatry-dispersal of opposite sexes observed in many animals as interbreeding avoidance mechanism

Here are my notes on 'Tree of Origin', I am in the process of turning what I have read into a summary... here are my points so far

astodon teeth are recognisably ‘tooth-shaped’. Unlike the separated and pointed nature of mastodon teeth, mammoths have smooth rigged teeth