Darwin's Legacy

Scenarios in Human Evolution

AvSue Taylor Parker,Karin Enstam Jaffe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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DarwinOs 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 DarwinOs ideas and those of modern researchers are striking.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-13
Mått:162 x 239 x 21 mm
Vikt:596 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Archaeology Series
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759103153
Utmärkelser:Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009

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Mer om författaren

Sue Taylor Parker is emeritus professor of anthropology at Sonoma State University. Karin Enstam Jaffe is associate professor of anthropology at Sonoma State University.

Recensioner i media

Sue Taylor Parker and Karin Enstam Jaffe have given us a lively and illuminating history of how scholars have interpreted the many 'no-longer-missing links' that have been discovered since Darwin's day. A contentious dialogue of competing views on the origins of language, bipedalism, sociality, cognition, and culture, Darwin's Legacy provides a much-needed overview of what we think we know about how we got here.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Part I. BackgroundChapter 2 Chapter 1. Scenarios in Human Evolution: Science or Fiction?Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Guidelines for Modeling Human EvolutionChapter 4 Chapter 3. Who Were Our Ancestors?Part 5 Part II. Origins ModelsChapter 6 Chapter 4. Origins of Human SubsistenceChapter 7 Chapter 5. Origins of BipedalismChapter 8 Chapter 6. Origins of Human Life HistoryChapter 9 Chapter 7. Origins of Human Bodily DisplaysChapter 10 Chapter 8. Origins of LanguageChapter 11 Chapter 9. Origins of Human MentalityChapter 12 Chapter 10. Origins of Cultures