1.After reading about primates (chapter seven) and watching the Vice video on bushmeat (https://youtu.be/XasTcDsDfMg), what are your thoughts on the bushmeat crisis (i.e., what did you learn about it, anything that surprised you, opinions on the practice). Investigate (online) to see if any organizations are involved in stopping the practice. Name at least one organization and explain how they are trying to stop the practice. Do you agree with their methods – why/why not? Do you have some ideas of your own regarding solutions? 2.After reading chapter 11, how was Homo erectus so markedly different from previous hominins? List at least two physical/physiological and three cultural ways in which H. erectus differed from previous hominins. Out of your listed examples which do you think was the most important and how may have the physical differences impacted H. erectus’ cultural differences?
3.According to the film, textbook and lecture, what were some of the most notable advancements during the Upper Paleolithic (“Mind’s Big Bang”) made by H. sapiens? How may these cultural and physiological advancements have helped H. sapiens out-compete and out-survive other earlier Hominins such as Neanderthals? 4.According to the textbook (chapter 5) and module information (PowerPoint and also consult US Census Bureau’s website in module) what is the biological definition of race? According to the text, do most anthropologists agree the term “race” is a valid concept? Why or why not? What are your views?