Darwin's Legacy : Scenarios in Human Evolution
Sue Taylor Parker, Karin Enstam Jaffe
Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution compares ideas about human evolution Darwin published in The Descent of Man in 1891 to 30 scenarios about the evolution of such unique human characteristics as bipedalism, hairless skin, secondary sex characters, language and culture that anthropologists and psychologists published between 1950 and 2006. It evaluates ideas about hunting and scavenging, aimed throwing, primitive warfare, aquatic life, courtship, and sign language in light of modern data on genetics, stone tools, fossils, and primate behavior. Parallels between Darwin's ideas and those of modern researchers are striking.
Kateqoriyalar:
İl:
2008
Nəşriyyat:
AltaMira Press
Dil:
english
Səhifələr:
185
ISBN 10:
075910316X
ISBN 13:
9780759103160
ISBN:
B00C705TUC
Seriyalar:
African Archaeology Series
Fayl:
EPUB, 2.54 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008