PDF-(EBOOK)-Rough and Tumble: Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution

Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet He challenges the traditional link between aggression and human predation however claiming that while aggressive attack is a perfectly efficient way for our chimpanzee cousins to kill prey it was a hopeless tactic for early human hunters whoin comparison to their large potentially dangerous preywere small weak and slowfooted Technology that evolved from wooden spears to stonetipped spears and ultimately to the bow and arrow increased the distance between predator and prey and facilitated an emotional detachment that allowed hunters to stalk and kill large game Based on studies of humans and of other primates as well as on fossil and archaeological evidence Rough and Tumble offers a new perspective on human evolution by decoupling ideas of aggression and predation to build a more realistic understanding of what it is to be human. When my three teen-age children were young, they spent every Sunday afternoon ‘Team’ — a rousing, big-body game that involved chasing, tagging, swinging rough and tumble play 101by Fra Rough and Tumble Play Brandi Brocker Katie Hartzog What is Rough and Tumble Play?  Rough and tumble play: any playful contact or agonistic behavior that is performed in a playful mode an Contributors to aggression. Learning. Social learning theory. Media and violence. Today will we be discussing body image, anorexia, and physical abuse. Evolution. Culture. Situation. Frustration aggression hypothesis. THE HORROR. 'like shooting fish in a barrel' . . . In a canned hunt there is no patience, no chance and no skill. The animals in a canned hunt are enclosed, there is no escape.. Normal Hunt . In a 'normal' hunt the hunter goes out armed with rifle and a bagful of patience. The animal is tracked down and killed, ideally with a single shot, a 'clean kill'. Often the hunter returns home empty handed. Where chance is part of the formula even the most stalwart anti-hunt individual would probably give a tiny degree of acceptance. . Variation in Living Things. SPECIES  - Group of organisms that interbreed. VARIATION - small differences between individuals of a species  . Some neither helpful nor harmful  . Some enable organism to be better suited to its environment.. Nature. . vs.. . Nurture. Define. . Aggression . Aggression. . vs.. . Predation. Emotional. . arousal. Brain. . areas. Aggression. . in. . animals. . vs.. . humans. . Aggression. . in. . Chapters 34, 41, and 44. Go back! We f*#ked everything up. Humans and Apes. Homo sapiens . characteristics. Bipedal. Larger brains. Language. Symbolic thought. Artistic expression. Use complex tools. Penelope Hale. Robert . Trivers. 1917. Sociobiology: the evolutionary theory to social behavior. Many social behaviors have been shaped by natural selection for reproductive success . Feelings and emotions. and its cognitive . foundations. ~. 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Mike Riddle. m.riddle@verizon.net. www.train2equip.com. www.icr.org. Topics. A history of apemen – the track record. Two case studies. Neandertals. Australopithecines and Lucy. How evolution hinders critical thinking.