Abstract
This paper re-examines the repeatedly-offered hypothesis (Fialkowski 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988) that hominid brain expansion was largely a side effect of evolutionary response to increased heat stress under conditions of primitive hunting, and resulted in a preadaptation to enhanced cognitive abilities. Fialkowski's hypothesis, previously shown to be based on data that are seriously inaccurate, continues to be presented in a manner that precludes testing. Consequently, however interesting these ideas may be, they are beyond the conventional domain of anthropology as a legitimate subdiscipline of modern science.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-302 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht über die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - Dec 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Anthropology
- Animal Science and Zoology