Sentences with phrase «modern behaviors such»

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.

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But in modern North America such behavior would be incredible and impossible (1:154 - 56).

However, it is clear that parts of the bible condone and even advise behaviors that modern people have mostly left far behind and would consider unacceptable, such as slavery, subjugation of women, and even animal sacrifice.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

Using a combination of old - fashioned clinical observation and modern biochemical analysis, he has shown that a person's appetite and their eating behavior can be linked to specific genes — and that even a tiny defect such as the absence of a single nucleic acid in a sequence of DNA can lead to runaway weight gain.

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.

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

Experts refer to such decorations — along with sculpture, cave paintings and other art forms — as symbolic behaviors, which are a defining characteristic of the modern mind.

«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.

Scientists hotly debated whether such behavior developed before or after contact with modern humans.

The modern world no longer confers such an evolutionary advantage to men who have several sexual partners — but it is only intelligent men are able to shed the psychological baggage of their species and adopt new modes of behavior

Some believe that the proliferation of such apps has fueled modern dating behaviors.

Endorsed by governing veterinary behavior organizations, these are the same methods used in modern zoos to build relationships and train multiple species such as giraffes, dolphins, hippos, and parrots.

Create assets with properties and behaviors to give developing for the NES an object - oriented feel, similar to modern tools such as GameMaker and Unity.

The various kinds of research undertaken by an anthropologist revolves around activities such as study of social, economic and behavior of human beings, understanding culture, customs, values, habits of human beings, research earlier biological evidence for better understanding of modern day living etc..