Dean Goldstein

Student at Cal State Fullerton

[Dean Goldstein @DeanGoldstein1]

@Fall2020BioAnth If humans are so prone to imitation, how do we come up with new innovative ideas? #week16

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@Fall2020BioAnth In foraging societies, is the function of men as providers completely dependent on them hunting for meat? As in, would a vegetarian foraging society not have this role attributed to men? #week15

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@Fall2020BioAnth After completing the race activity, it made me question what we consider race to be. It seems to extend beyond how people subjectively view another's appearance but instead on how a person views themselves socially. #race #week13

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@Fall2020BioAnth I find it interesting how despite our enormous population today, we're all relatively similar to each other due to being descended from a small human population from Africa. #week13

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@Fall2020BioAnth If the changing climate pressured humans to adapt to become versatile, what adaptive advantage would there be in our teeth and bodies becoming smaller and less robust? #week12

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@Fall2020BioAnth If the brain/head size of hominin newborns is so large compared to their bodies, why are they far more dependent and undeveloped than other animals? I thought brain size correlates with intelligence. #week11

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@Fall2020BioAnth I find it interesting how the development of stone tools had stagnated for half a million years. This really shows how the eventual intelligence of humans wasn't destined. #week10

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@Fall2020BioAnth Would bipedalism require significant changes in how our circulatory system and organs functioned to adapt to the upright posture and the new pressures and weights involved? #week9

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@Fall2020BioAnth Are the big brains in primates due to their common ancestor having a large brain or because of convergent evolution in an arboreal environment? #week8

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@Fall2020BioAnth I found it interesting how altruism requires a genetic relationship between the actor and the one receiving the benefit. Perhaps it could be related to parents sacrificing themselves for their offspring to ensure their genetic lineage persists. #week7

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@Fall2020BioAnth Would monogamous pair-bonding allow for more genetic diversity than having a single male mate with multiple females? #week6

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@Fall2020BioAnth I found it interesting how humans and other primates share long juvenile periods. The chapter mentioned that this led to a longer lifespan and higher intelligence. #week5

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@Fall2020BioAnth Suppose we view a species as a collection of organisms experiencing the same selection pressures influencing their phenotypes. Could we say two organisms on different parts of the globe could be the same species if they had undergone convergent evolution? #week4

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@Fall2020BioAnth It was interesting to me how without selection the proportions of different alleles always stabilize in a population, assuming random mating.
#week3

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@Fall2020BioAnth I'm a 19 on the human traits wheel.

Could meiosis function as a tool to accelerate the development of adaptations through novel traits being formed through recombination? #week2

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@Fall2020BioAnth I think convergent evolution of complex adaptations is very interesting. It shows how despite the seeming chaotic chanceness of variation and natural selection there is also a very strong order to it. #week1