Darwin's legacy [[electronic resource] ] : scenarios in human evolution / / Sue Taylor Parker and Karin Enstam Jaffe
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Parker Sue Taylor
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| Titolo: |
Darwin's legacy [[electronic resource] ] : scenarios in human evolution / / Sue Taylor Parker and Karin Enstam Jaffe
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : AltaMira Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 599.93/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human evolution |
| Human beings - Evolution | |
| Altri autori: |
JaffeKarin Enstam <1971->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-242) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Sidebars; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Background; 1 Scenarios in Human Evolution: Science or Fiction?; 2 Guidelines for Modeling Human Evolution; 3 Who Were Our Ancestors?; Part II: Origins Models; 4 Origins of Human Subsistence; 5 Origins of Bipedalism; 6 Origins of Human Life History; 7 Origins of Human Bodily Displays; 8 Origins of Language; 9 Origins of Human Mentality; 10 Origins of Cultures; Epilogue: What about Bonobos?; References; Index; About the Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Darwin's Legacy provides a fascinating history of ideas about human evolution, which have been developed and debated since Darwin published The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex in 1871. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Darwin's legacy |
| ISBN: | 1-299-45344-9 |
| 1-4616-4766-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779569003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
African archaeology series.