In this chapter we have read much about some of the uniquenesses of being human and how our biology and culture are so intertwined. I’d like you to reflect on this in the chapter activity, and get some practice in formal writing as we gear up for the term paper.
First, choose one aspect of humanity from among the following:
· Increased post-natal dependency (long period of dependence on parents)
· Addition of a post-reproductive period in the lifespan
· The controversy over the “naturalness” of monthly menstruation in women
· Importance of nursing to infant health and reproductive management (decreasing ovulation)
· Implications of rapid changes in diet to human populations
· Evolution and function of menopause
· Any one of the theories on what causes aging
