Lecture 14: Hunting and Gathering

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to hunting, gathering, and human evolutionary psychology themes discussed in the lecture.

Hunting

The activity of pursuing and capturing animals for food.

Gathering

The act of collecting wild plants and edible items for sustenance.

Scavenging

Obtaining food from dead animals that were killed by other organisms.

Selective pressures

Environmental factors that influence the reproductive success of individuals.

Divisions of labor

The assignment of different tasks to different individuals or groups, often based on sex in hunting-gathering societies.

Cognitive abilities

Mental skills that include memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and planning.

Spatial abilities

The capability to visualize and manipulate objects in a given space.

Object rotation

The mental process of visualizing an object as it would appear from different angles.