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Essay Questions
Chapter 7: Homo habilis and Cultural Origins
- What are the advantages of adding meat to the diet? How did this affect
H. habilis?
- How did tool making and tool use foster communication and increased
social bonds in H. habilis? How would this affect social relationships?
- How could tool making have an influence on the development of the
area of the brain usually associated with speech? Could the diet of
H. habilis have an affect? Why or why not?
- After reading the Original Study "Cat in the Human Cradle,"
what inferences can you make about the probable behaviour of H. habilis?
- What reasons do you think explain why sexual dimorphism has decreased
as our line has evolved? Compare the ‘man the hunter’ and
‘woman the gatherer’ scenarios in your analysis.
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