ANTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cestoda
6 Aug 2020
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Ability to place oneself into the mind of other"s. Active teaching uses theory of mind; imitation teaching does not: distinguish between what you know and other"s know. Ie: female chimp teaching nutcracking to child: understand another"s state of mind. Ie empathy: friends consoling chimp male denied meat. Language is a type of communication that uses abstract symbols which have specific meanings. Gestures, ie. leaf grooming (nap or want to be groomed), male hand clasp (greet), leaf clipping (display, mating); facial expressions ie. wide toothy grin. A couple, the haynes, tried to teach a chimp (vicky) how to speak 1950s. Larynx: chimps: high in throat (in humans larynx is lower in throat) Manufacture of tools taking an object from the environment and modifying it in a particular way for a particular purpose. Leaf sponge sops up water to drink in shallow puddles. Medicine recognizing you have a problem and doing something specific to fix it ie. : tapeworms.
