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- 第 1 季第 1 集 - Ramapithecus—Ape Man2024年3月20日34 分钟There’s no better illustration of scientific debates over the rise of humans than the story of how Ramapithecus was cast out of our ancestry. In this first lecture, witness how fossil evidence and molecular evidence—working both together and independently—can help explain some of anthropology’s most complex issues.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 2 集 - Australopithecus afarensis—Ancestor or Not?2024年3月20日32 分钟One of the most famous scientific debates in anthropology took place in the 1970s, with the discovery of fossil remains of a possible Homo ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis. Where exactly did Homo come from? Follow this highly public story from the perspective of the key personalities involved: scientists Don Johanson and Richard Leakey.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 3 集 - Ardipithecus—Hominin or Not?2024年3月20日32 分钟In 1994, paleontologists discovered the 4.4-million-year-old remains of Ardipithecus ramidus. Is it a true hominin? What skeletal features suggest the tradeoffs between being an effective climber and walking bipedally? Answer these and other questions by closely examining the fossil and genetic evidence of this fascinating “ground ape.”免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 4 集 - Brain Structure versus Brain Size2024年3月20日32 分钟Your brain separates you more from apes than any other anatomical feature. Investigate the gradual increase in hominid brain size in the fossil record. Looking at what fossil skulls (such as the Taung skull) reveal about blood circulation and cooling, you’ll shed new light on brain size and skull structure.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 5 集 - The Dietary Hypothesis2024年3月20日34 分钟Explore the relationship between diet and morphology in this lecture on Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus africanus. The teeth and jaws of these two species, you’ll discover, offer intriguing windows into the fierce debate surrounding the dietary hypothesis and the true adaptive differences between robust and gracile hominids.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 6 集 - Africa or Asia?2024年3月20日33 分钟Was Africa or Asia more central to human origins? How can we tell? Drawing on the ideas and theories of prominent scientists, including Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, and Louis Leakey, learn how we found the truth about where our genus Homo came from—and where it evolved.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 7 集 - An Ape’s View of the Oldowan2024年3月20日33 分钟Tool use marks a tremendously important step in evolution. But how important is it really, considering chimpanzees can also make and use tools? Professor Martin offers you a detailed picture of what early stone toolmakers were like, as well as some of the primitive tools found in parts of Africa.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 8 集 - Who Was Homo habilis?2024年3月20日33 分钟Examine what the fossil record reveals about Homo habilis, a species that serves as a transitional marker between Australopithecines and the rest of the genus Homo. A key mystery in this lecture: how Homo habilis can have the anatomy to be our ancestor yet not exist at the right time in evolutionary history.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 9 集 - How Big Was Homo erectus?2024年3月20日32 分钟Using a magnificent find of the skeleton of a 1.5-million-year-old boy (known as the Nariokotome skeleton), delve into the issue of how important size was to becoming human. Recent discoveries of Homo erectus remains, as you’ll discover, have led to a reevaluation of the growth process of these hunters and gatherers.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 10 集 - The Movius Line2024年3月20日32 分钟Professor Hawks explains the complexities of the Movius Line, a fairly clear line that separates the Western distribution of hand axes from areas in the East where they were rarely made. Central to this constant puzzler in the story of evolution are the more than 500,000-year-old remains of the Peking Man.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 11 集 - The Hobbits of Flores2024年3月20日33 分钟The identity of Homo floresiensis, a species of small-brained humans that averaged a height of 3.5 feet, is the most burning debate in paleoanthropology. Investigate the origins of these mysterious “hobbits” and whether they represented a new species of human or were merely the remains of abnormally developed modern humans.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 12 集 - Archaeology and Cooperation2024年3月20日32 分钟Explore what archaeology tells us about cooperation and compassion in prehistoric people with this insightful lecture. Professor Hawks reveals how archaeological remains and other kinds of evidence offer intriguing clues about how prehistoric people worked together to make tools, hunt animals, share meals, and even take care of their injured.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 13 集 - Presapiens or Preneandertal?2024年3月20日32 分钟Working with the European fossil record, examine the debate over whether Neandertals were our true ancestors, or simply a much less specialized population. Along the way, you’ll comb through remains from Spanish caves in Atapuerca and encounter the notorious evolutionary forgery known as the Piltdown Man.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 14 集 - What Do Stone Tools Reveal about Early Man?2024年3月20日32 分钟French archaeologist Francois Bordes interpreted variations in stone tool remains as evidence of different groups of people who existed in the past. American archaeologist Lewis Binford, however, believed these variations reflected different activities. Who was right? Find out in this lecture on the way scientists interpret the archaeological record.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 15 集 - Did Neandertals Speak?2024年3月20日31 分钟How important was language to shaping human evolution? Discover the answer to this question by studying the skeletal remains of Neandertals discovered in the late 20th century. Learn how anthropologists, with the help of a specific bone and a key language gene, determined that Neandertals could—contrary to earlier beliefs—talk.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 16 集 - Neandertals—Extinct or Ancestors?2024年3月20日32 分钟Follow along as scientists examine Neandertal genes to determine just how close our ties are to this primitive species, which disappeared about 30,000 years ago. What scientists found when the entire genome sequence of Neandertals was reconstructed in 2010—and what it reveals about the true fate of Neandertals—may surprise you.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 17 集 - Is Our Neandertal Heritage Important?2024年3月20日33 分钟Are there behaviors we can trace back to our Neandertal heritage by closely studying mitochondrial DNA? If so, what’s useful? What isn’t? It’s a debate nearly as old as anthropology itself—and Professor Hawks’s explanation of how it works forms the subject of this provocative and insightful lecture.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 18 集 - Multiregional Evolution versus Out of Africa2024年3月20日32 分钟Did modern humans emerge from Africa? Or did they evolve in regions around the world? These two competing questions became the most persistent debate in anthropology in the late 20th century. Consider evidence for either scenario and learn how scientists reached their current understanding of the dispersal of modern humans.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 19 集 - Climate’s Impact on Our Evolution2024年3月20日31 分钟Investigate the important role of climate change events—specifically the catastrophic eruption of Mount Toba around 74,000 years ago—in shaping the rise of man. Did this event cause a population crash among prehistoric humans, finishing off some populations and paving the way for the spread of modern humanity?免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 20 集 - Language—Adaptation or Spandrel?2024年3月20日33 分钟For decades, scientists debated over whether language was a target of natural selection in evolution or merely a side effect. Blending anthropology and linguistics, Professor Hawks helps you make sense of what Charles Darwin, Noam Chomsky, and others had to say about evolution’s role in the development of human language.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 21 集 - Why Did Humans Start Creating Art?2024年3月20日30 分钟Is prehistoric art just a side-effect of our intelligence, or is it somehow fundamental to our cultural abilities? Explore this perplexing question by closely examining beads, utilitarian tools, decorative objects, rock art, and other primitive art forms unearthed at archaeological sites in Europe, Africa, and Australia.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 22 集 - Clovis or Pre-Clovis?2024年3月20日32 分钟Professor Hawks discusses the continuing debate over the arrival of humans in the New World. Some anthropologists believe that the Clovis culture was the first to spread south across North America about 12,000 years ago. Others believe there may have been even earlier migrations to the Americas.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 23 集 - Farming—Migration or Diffusion?2024年3月20日31 分钟In this lecture, investigate the relationship between agriculture and the spread of early human societies throughout Europe. Central to this is the argument over whether agriculture spread through population movements into widespread areas, or whether adjacent populations simply adopted farming practices (as well as new languages) without mass migration.免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
- 第 1 季第 24 集 - Are Humans Still Evolving?2024年3月20日35 分钟To conclude the course, Professor Hawks addresses some of 21st-century anthropology’s most important questions. Are we still evolving? Is human evolution slowing down or speeding up? What are we going to look like in the future? And is it possible for us to actually bring evolution under our control?免费试享 The Great Courses Signature Collection 或购买
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