Rough and tumble [[electronic resource] ] : aggression, hunting, and human evolution / / Travis Rayne Pickering |
Autore | Pickering Travis Rayne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Hunting, Prehistoric
Hunting and gathering societies Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution |
Soggetto non controllato |
aggression
aggressive attack ancestors anthropology ape men archaeological evidence archaeological record archaeology archeology biology dark diet and evolution early human hunters emotional detachment engaging evolution historical history hopeless tactic human aggressiveness human evolution human hunters human predation hunter gatherers hunting intense large game hunters life sciences man versus nature man vs nature popular science proto humans social science wooden spears |
ISBN | 0-520-95512-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Man among Apes -- 2. Prehistoric Bloodsport -- 3. Tamping the Simian Urge -- 4. Conceiving Our Past -- 5. Death from Above -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809033603321 |
Pickering Travis Rayne
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The science of human origins / / laudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi & David Caramelli |
Autore | Tuniz C (Claudio) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CaramelliDavid
ManziGiorgio |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Fossil hominids |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-41724-3
1-315-41725-1 1-61132-973-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1. Human Origins: Just a Primer; 2. How (Many Millennia) Old Are You?; 3. What Bad Weather in the Pleistocene!; 4. New Microscopes and Quantitative Paleontology; 5. Reading Molecules in Fossils; 6. Stories of Molecules and Hominids; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Further Readings; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464033203321 |
Tuniz C (Claudio)
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The science of human origins / / laudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi & David Caramelli |
Autore | Tuniz C (Claudio) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CaramelliDavid
ManziGiorgio |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Fossil hominids |
ISBN |
1-315-41723-5
1-315-41724-3 1-315-41725-1 1-61132-973-6 |
Classificazione | SOC002020SOC003000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1. Human Origins: Just a Primer; 2. How (Many Millennia) Old Are You?; 3. What Bad Weather in the Pleistocene!; 4. New Microscopes and Quantitative Paleontology; 5. Reading Molecules in Fossils; 6. Stories of Molecules and Hominids; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Further Readings; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787879403321 |
Tuniz C (Claudio)
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The science of human origins / / laudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi & David Caramelli |
Autore | Tuniz C (Claudio) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CaramelliDavid
ManziGiorgio |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Fossil hominids |
ISBN |
1-315-41723-5
1-315-41724-3 1-315-41725-1 1-61132-973-6 |
Classificazione | SOC002020SOC003000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1. Human Origins: Just a Primer; 2. How (Many Millennia) Old Are You?; 3. What Bad Weather in the Pleistocene!; 4. New Microscopes and Quantitative Paleontology; 5. Reading Molecules in Fossils; 6. Stories of Molecules and Hominids; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Further Readings; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822010903321 |
Tuniz C (Claudio)
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Shaping humanity : how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins / / John Gurche ; designed by James Johnson |
Autore | Gurche John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JohnsonJames |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human beings - Origin Human evolution |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-300-18533-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Beginnings: Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Chapter 2. Walkers and Climbers: Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- Chapter 3. The Impossible Discovery: Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Specialist: Paranthropus boisei (2.3 to 1.0 million years ago) -- Interlude: Transitional Hominins and the Origin of Homo -- Chapter 5. The Traveler: Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 6. A Symbolic Animal: Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- Chapter 7. The Other: Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- Chapter 8. The Unlikely Survivor: Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Chapter 9. Linked: Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago-?) -- Chapter 10. Endings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453404403321 |
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Shaping humanity : how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins / / John Gurche ; designed by James Johnson |
Autore | Gurche John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JohnsonJames |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human beings - Origin Human evolution |
ISBN | 0-300-18533-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Beginnings: Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Chapter 2. Walkers and Climbers: Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- Chapter 3. The Impossible Discovery: Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Specialist: Paranthropus boisei (2.3 to 1.0 million years ago) -- Interlude: Transitional Hominins and the Origin of Homo -- Chapter 5. The Traveler: Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 6. A Symbolic Animal: Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- Chapter 7. The Other: Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- Chapter 8. The Unlikely Survivor: Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Chapter 9. Linked: Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago-?) -- Chapter 10. Endings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791322103321 |
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Shaping humanity : how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins / / John Gurche ; designed by James Johnson |
Autore | Gurche John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JohnsonJames |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human beings - Origin Human evolution |
ISBN | 0-300-18533-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Beginnings: Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Chapter 2. Walkers and Climbers: Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- Chapter 3. The Impossible Discovery: Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Specialist: Paranthropus boisei (2.3 to 1.0 million years ago) -- Interlude: Transitional Hominins and the Origin of Homo -- Chapter 5. The Traveler: Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 6. A Symbolic Animal: Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- Chapter 7. The Other: Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- Chapter 8. The Unlikely Survivor: Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Chapter 9. Linked: Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago-?) -- Chapter 10. Endings -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812509403321 |
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Stone tools and fossil bones : debates in the archaeology of human origins / / edited by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Domínguez-Rodrigo Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Tools, Prehistoric
Human evolution Social evolution Fossil hominids Human remains (Archaeology) Animal remains (Archaeology) |
ISBN |
1-139-33452-2
1-107-23180-9 1-280-39422-6 9786613572141 1-139-33798-X 1-139-34043-3 1-139-34201-0 1-139-33711-4 1-139-33885-4 1-139-14932-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Toward a scientific-realistic theory on the origin of human behavior / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy : a critical example from experiments on cut marks / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The use of bone surface modifications to model hominid lifeways during the Oldowan / Charles P. Egeland -- On early hominin meat-eating and carcass acquisition strategies : still relevant after all these years? / Karen D. Lupo -- Meat-foraging by Pleistocene African hominins : tracking behavioral evolution beyond baseline inferences of early access to carcasses / Travis Rayne Pickering and Henry T. Bunn -- Can we use chimpanzee behavior to model early hominin hunting? / Travis Rayne Pickering and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The origins of the Oldowan : why chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) still are good models for technological evolution in Africa / Susana Carvalho and William McGrew -- What does Oldowan technology represent in terms of hominin behavior? / David R. Braun -- Testing cognitive skills in early Pleistocene hominins : an analysis of the concepts of hierarchization and predetermination in the lithic assemblages of type section (Peninj, Tanzania) / Fernando Diez-Martín [and others] -- The early Acheulean in Africa : past paradigms, current ideas, and future directions / Fernando Diez-Martín and Metin I. Eren. |
Altri titoli varianti | Stone Tools & Fossil Bones |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790129303321 |
Domínguez-Rodrigo Manuel
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Stone tools and fossil bones : debates in the archaeology of human origins / / edited by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Domínguez-Rodrigo Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Tools, Prehistoric
Human evolution Social evolution Fossil hominids Human remains (Archaeology) Animal remains (Archaeology) |
ISBN |
1-139-33452-2
1-107-23180-9 1-280-39422-6 9786613572141 1-139-33798-X 1-139-34043-3 1-139-34201-0 1-139-33711-4 1-139-33885-4 1-139-14932-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Toward a scientific-realistic theory on the origin of human behavior / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy : a critical example from experiments on cut marks / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The use of bone surface modifications to model hominid lifeways during the Oldowan / Charles P. Egeland -- On early hominin meat-eating and carcass acquisition strategies : still relevant after all these years? / Karen D. Lupo -- Meat-foraging by Pleistocene African hominins : tracking behavioral evolution beyond baseline inferences of early access to carcasses / Travis Rayne Pickering and Henry T. Bunn -- Can we use chimpanzee behavior to model early hominin hunting? / Travis Rayne Pickering and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The origins of the Oldowan : why chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) still are good models for technological evolution in Africa / Susana Carvalho and William McGrew -- What does Oldowan technology represent in terms of hominin behavior? / David R. Braun -- Testing cognitive skills in early Pleistocene hominins : an analysis of the concepts of hierarchization and predetermination in the lithic assemblages of type section (Peninj, Tanzania) / Fernando Diez-Martín [and others] -- The early Acheulean in Africa : past paradigms, current ideas, and future directions / Fernando Diez-Martín and Metin I. Eren. |
Altri titoli varianti | Stone Tools & Fossil Bones |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808426503321 |
Domínguez-Rodrigo Manuel
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Stone tools and fossil bones : debates in the archaeology of human origins / / edited by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Tools, Prehistoric
Human evolution Social evolution Fossil hominids Human remains (Archaeology) Animal remains (Archaeology) |
ISBN |
1-139-33452-2
1-107-23180-9 1-280-39422-6 9786613572141 1-139-33798-X 1-139-34043-3 1-139-34201-0 1-139-33711-4 1-139-33885-4 1-139-14932-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Toward a scientific-realistic theory on the origin of human behavior / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- Conceptual premises in experimental design and their bearing on the use of analogy : a critical example from experiments on cut marks / Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The use of bone surface modifications to model hominid lifeways during the Oldowan / Charles P. Egeland -- On early hominin meat-eating and carcass acquisition strategies : still relevant after all these years? / Karen D. Lupo -- Meat-foraging by Pleistocene African hominins : tracking behavioral evolution beyond baseline inferences of early access to carcasses / Travis Rayne Pickering and Henry T. Bunn -- Can we use chimpanzee behavior to model early hominin hunting? / Travis Rayne Pickering and Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo -- The origins of the Oldowan : why chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) still are good models for technological evolution in Africa / Susana Carvalho and William McGrew -- What does Oldowan technology represent in terms of hominin behavior? / David R. Braun -- Testing cognitive skills in early Pleistocene hominins : an analysis of the concepts of hierarchization and predetermination in the lithic assemblages of type section (Peninj, Tanzania) / Fernando Diez-Martín [and others] -- The early Acheulean in Africa : past paradigms, current ideas, and future directions / Fernando Diez-Martín and Metin I. Eren. |
Altri titoli varianti | Stone Tools & Fossil Bones |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461225203321 |
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