Physical/biological anthropology
Charles Robert Darwin
• He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestor, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.
• Survival of the fittest
• Evolutionary theory > transmitted from generations called “instinctive” which will be triggered in specific situation
• Behavior, mutation, environment
Brain structure
• Hindbrain – reptilian brain – control reflective actions necessary for survival. Similar to animal hindbrains. Breathing, sleep/wake, heart.