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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450075203321

Autore

Graslund Bo.

Titolo

Early humans and their world / / Bo Graslund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-26134-9

1-134-26135-7

1-280-23600-0

9786610236008

0-203-30659-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

599.938

Soggetti

Fossil hominids

Human evolution

Social evolution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 THE TANGIBLE PAST; 2 THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE; 3 NEXT OF KIN; 4 TRACES OF THE EARLY HUMANS; 5 BECOMING HUMAN; 6 EVOLUTIONARY TOOLS AND THE PATH TO HUMANITY; 7 A NEW SEXUAL PATTERN; 8 INTELLECT AND LANGUAGE; 9 WAYS OF LIFE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Summarizing modern research on early hominid evolution from the apes six million years ago to the emergence of modern humans, this book is the first to present a synthetic discussion of many aspects of early human life.