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Anthropology - 5 / 8 / 2002
being human humans as technological species tools & technology -2.5 million - homo habilis scavenger / meat-eater stone - cutting edge -1.2 million - homo erectus trap / drive hunting cracking nuts & bones stone / bone / wood - hammer / anvil / hand axe fire - during Mindel glaciation [-400 thousand] -110 thousand - homo sapiens neandertalensis hand held spear hunting -40 thousand - homo sapiens sapiens thrown spear hunting art nature vs nurture / genetics vs culture instinct - genetic programming elastic not plastic the importance of timing in human development taxonomy - naming / classifying adulthood psychological, not physical responsibility & obligation generosity & sharing band maximum number: 25 clan tribe elders [see Elders / see Paradigms & Worlds] human ecology / ecopsychology Paul Sheppard cynegetics - hunter / gatherer pastoralism - herding horticulture - garden agriculture - farming how evolution shaped modern life The Stone Age Present - William F. Allman The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game - Paul Sheppard Thinking Animals - ibid |