Article, "High population density"

Question 1

How does HPD lead to modern human behavior?

Answer 1

The more people in a population the more exchanges in ideas and skills, and it’s less likely these skills or findings established will be lost.

Question 2

In which three regions of the world did modern behavior first emerge?

Answer 2

Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Question 3

Where was the first evidence of abstract thinking found?

Answer 3

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 4

What does successful innovation depend on?

Answer 4

Less so on how smart you are than how connected a population or society is.

Question 5

What is the summary?

Answer 5

Scientist are finding the link between population density and advancements in society. They look at evidence of modern behavior in 3 main regions in whence it first derived (sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East Asia, and Europe). Their evidence ranges from art, tools, inventions, e.c.t, and they find in the end that any idea of where modern behavior came from can’t completely fill in the gaps.