Sentences with phrase «modern behavior»

The South African archaeological record is so important because it shows some of the oldest evidence for modern behavior in early humans.

When he plugged in estimates of prehistoric population sizes and densities, he found that the ideal demographic conditions for advancement began in Africa 100,000 years ago — just when signs of modern behavior first emerge.

Throughout, the book presents a logical, plausible, and testable theory that is consistent with modern behavior analytic thinking.

Gregory's analysis is largely consistent with modern behavior modification theory and behavior therapy that focuses on actual, regularized, visible, even measurable, behavior change more than the hidden mysteries of supposed intentionality.35

The idea that modern behavior patterns are immoral emerges directly from the fundamentalist reading of the Scriptures.

They argue that the findings suggest that social and demographic factors, rather than cognitive differences, best explain why so - called modern behavior was relatively rare among Neandertals.

Incentives derived from the past continue to shape modern behavior, and the time has come for a serious look at possible changes in the incentive structure, she suggested.

The finding, reported here today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, publisher of ScienceNOW, suggests to the researcher that modern behaviors such as dolling up with jewelry may have originated from a need to communicate rather than a fundamental change in the human brain.

And 30 years ago, when the field of evolutionary psychology was gaining steam, some facile parallels between ancient and modern behaviors lodged themselves in the popular conceptions of human evolution.

There are several such glimpses of modern behavior at sites in Africa and western Asia that precede the Upper Paleolithic by a long shot.

«To discover evidence of what's widely regarded as typical modern behavior [body ornamentation with jewelry] at such an ancient Neandertal site is stunning,» says David Frayer.

After nearly a decade studying modern behavior, dating, and social interaction, Lucie knows how to help you find meaningful connections.

While still embracing these concepts, modern behavior analysis recognizes that traditional behavioral processes can give rise to other behaviors (e.g., rule governance, relational framing) that can actually alter the way these processes function - a sort of recursive, behavior - modifying - behavior.

Many researchers now credit our evolutionary cousins, once regarded as brutish and dumb, with «modern behavior,» such as making sophisticated tools and fashioning jewelry, a sign of symbolic expression.

Once regarded as brutish and dumb compared to modern humans, Neandertals are now often credited with «modern behaviors» such as crafting sophisticated tools and symbolic personal ornaments.

The problem with this, of course, is that we know next to nothing about the methane cycle, and are mystified even by the modern behavior of the gas, as it has been declining for no (apparent) cause.

Most of the theories presented in the book reach beyond the current body of behavior analytic research because most behavior disorders have not been examined through a modern behavior analytic perspective.