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Anthropologist suggested that people developed singing and dancing to scare away predators
(ORDO NEWS) — Anthropologist Edward Hagen of the National University of Washington suggested that singing and dancing may have originated as early humans’ means of protecting themselves from predators. As the scientist explained, at a certain period of development, human species switched to a terrestrial way of life in an open habitat. This put them…
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Anthropologists Study The Energetics Of Uniquely Human Subsistence Strategies
(ORDO NEWS) — Among our closest living relatives — the great apes — we humans are unique: We have larger brains, reproduce more quickly and have longer life spans. These traits are obviously valuable, but the extra energy required to sustain them is quite significant. So how did we manage to afford them? A group…
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Anthropologists Uncover the Secret of Ancient People’s Energy Efficiency
(ORDO NEWS) — The researchers analyzed the balance of energy expenditure and consumption in primates and modern hunter-gatherers. It turned out that despite the use of sophisticated technologies and more economical methods of transportation, people spend almost as much energy on finding or producing food as they receive – like our closest relatives, but cope…
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