SciShow Psych: When Did Modern Behavior Evolve?

Teacher or professor: SciShow Psych
Subject: Psychology
Content of the Lesson: Scientists often use the phrase “anatomically modern humans” to describe the point when our ancient ancestors looked like us. But when did humans become behaviorally modern? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A.Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-sapiens https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/science/when-humans-became-human.html https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-transition-to-modern-behavior-86614339/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oldest-known-stone-tools-unearthed-kenya-180955341/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121115141542.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/649836?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525259/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-did-human-language-evolve-scientists-still-dont-know https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/30/4/844/1067945 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/01/human-language-may-have-evolved-help-our-ancestors-make-tools https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180802141733.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221831546X https://theconversation.com/what-the-use-of-ochre-tells-us-about-the-capabilities-of-our-african-ancestry-47081 https://www.sapiens.org/evolution/religion-origins/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/prehistoric-use-of-ochre-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-humans https://www.pnas.org/content/117/9/4578 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/au-ceg021920.php https://theconversation.com/borneo-cave-discovery-is-the-worlds-oldest-rock-art-in-southeast-asia-106252 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18196349 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journey-oldest-cave-paintings-world-180957685/ https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786760790/44-000-year-old-indonesian-cave-painting-is-rewriting-the-history-of-art https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227751748_Out_of_Africa_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Behavior https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-transition-to-modern-behavior-86614339/ Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cave+painting+borneo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Lubang_Jeriji_Sal%C3%A9h_cave_painting_of_Bull.jpg https://www.videoblocks.com/video/multi-ethnic-group-of-teenager-friends-dancing-with-raised-arms-and-laughing-on-rural-road-saxmyb-eliuu9y2kt https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/happy-indian-woman-look-at-webcam-doing-job-interview-videochat-gm1198252585-342388439 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/femalehand-of-planner-writing-daily-appointment-gm1173258771-325799329 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/girl-painting-on-canvas-gm1125625188-295989754 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/confident-female-professional-discussing-with-colleagues-gm1150572145-311514764 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mesa_Verde_spear_and_knife.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/natural-iron-ore-face-surface-texture-gm1086447814-291503179 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre#/media/File:LimoniteUSGOV.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre#/media/File:Goldocker-_Pigment.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blombos_Cave#/media/File:Blombos.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/barton-creek-cave-gm1159108649-316838718 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=cave+painting+borneo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Lubang_Jeriji_Sal%C3%A9h_cave_painting_of_Bull.jpg


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