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According to Erik Erikson what must individuals achieve before they can develop intimacy?

Bonus question worth up to 4 extra credit points.  In about 3-5 sentences explain how environment plays a role in the evolution of hominins and/or hominin behavior. Provide an example from lectures, readings, or films that exemplifies how environment has lead to evolutionary and/or behavioral adaptations. Be sure to provide names, dates, and locations of the hominins you discuss.   Written responses must be in your own words (do not copy and paste from readings, lectures, or online sources)

Dr. Habiba Chirchir studies the shape of the spongy bone inside long bones (like the humerus and femur) using computed tomography – a very sensitive scanner that can reconstruct the inner bone. She is specifically interested in hominin remains from around Koobi Fora, Kenya that date to about 1 -2 million years old, so she can reconstruct how our ancient relatives walked and moved across the landscape. She is pictured here holding a cast of a famous Australopithecine fossil named Lucy.  To which subdiscipline of bioarchaeology does Dr. Chirchir belong? 

Mary would like to hang one picture above her baby’s crib.  Which of the following would attract the MOST attention from the infant?

How many neurons is a baby born with?

According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage of development lasts from birth until age 

The archaeological record is said to be incomplete and biased because 

Which of these statements best describes the law of superposition?

According to the film First People: Americas Even though body of Kennewick was found along the Columbia River, how do we know he’d been living along the sea coast?

The Harlow (1958) study concluded that contact comfort is more important for attachment than feeding.  What evidence was used to support this conclusion?