Rethinking Human Origins

Orateur : Jean Jacques HUBLIN (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany)

The development of a large brain is one of the most spectacular aspects of human evolution. Over the last half million years, this increase in size has culminated in several groups of hominines, among which Neandertals and Modern Humans are the best known. Our adaptive success primarily results from the very high degree of cognitive complexity allowed by this costly organ. However, this evolution was made possible only via radical modifications in birth, growth and reproduction. Human evolution is a niche construction in which genetic, cultural and social changes have constantly interacted.
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