What do scientists think stimulated the huge selection pressure for increases in human brain size, like that seen going from Australopithecus to Homo habilis?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The violent changes in the climate and the changes in the environment that caused the huge selection pressure for increases in human brain size. This had pushed the huge selection pressure for surviving which was the reason for increasing in brain size. 

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a. Hominidae b. a species c. a family d. a hominid e. a populace

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In an anthropological sense, an economic system refers to __________

A) customs specifying how people gain access to resources B) rules relating to kinship and inheritance C) exchange rates of different monetary systems on a global market D) attitudes toward leadership and influence

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According to the Immigration Policy lecture, the number of illegal immigrants caught at the US-Mexican border is increasing

a. true b. false

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