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T Fessler Anne C Pisor Carlos David Navarrete Department of Anthropology and Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California Unite d States of America Department of Anthropology University of C. elseviercomlocatejet Credulity lies and costly talk Navin Kartik Marco Ottaviani Francesco Squintani Department of Economics University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 920930508 USA Economics Subject Area London Business Sch RDillercsbhamacuk wwwcsbhamacuk ard 9 March 2010 Note This is the handout distributed during the talk I delivered at the March 2010 conference Thomas Reid From His Time to Ours held in Aberdeen and Glasgow It should not be considered to be a 64257nis Three doughty maligned credulity prosaic avaricious furtively fusillade foreboding tumult imminent adj. brave; valiant adj . spoken ill of n. tendency to believe too eagerly adj . commonplace; ordina practice because of our apparent natural built-in credulity. Learned skepticism, like learned optimism, is an acquired state of mind and both are important because of the behavioral consequences. Th What is culture?. Culture. - all of the shared products of human groups - - . products people create. Material culture. – physical objects that people create (cars, clothes, books, buildings). Nonmaterial culture . Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. What do we use in order to determine evolutionary relationships?. Fossil Record. Anatomical Evidence. Molecular Evidence. Embryological Evidence. Evidence for Evolution. Fossil Record. Evidence for Evolution. What are your first impressions of this woman? (be honest). What symbols are present in this picture?. What are her values?. Why is she dressed the way she is?. What groups could she be fighting?. What are your first impressions of this woman? (be honest). Mechanisms of concerted evolution. Unequal cross-over. Gene conversion: non-reciprocal transfer of information between homologous sequences; the main mechanism invoked to explain concerted evolution. Rubicund. Sentence from text: . The new arrival also condoled with himself, so that Mrs. White said, “Tut, tut” and coughed gently as her husband entered the room, followed by a tall burly man, beady of eye, and . NB: superstition (10 lines) Are you superstitious? Do you believe in good luck or bad luck? Do you believe that you can bring forth one or the other by your actions? Do you hesitate to walk under a ladder? Do you have a ritual or special item you wear when playing sports? Murmu. Associate Professor. Dept. . of . Anthropology, . Utkal. University. NEO-EVOLUTIONARY SCHOOLS . Emerged in Early 20. th. century. Universal. Evolutionism. Multilinear. Evolutionism. V. GORDON CHILDE . . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference. . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.