Sue Taylor Parker, Karin Enstam Jaffe

Darwin's Legacy (eBook, PDF)

Scenarios in Human Evolution

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216281085
• Artikelnr.: 74832067

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I. Background Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Scenarios in Human
Evolution: Science or Fiction? Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Guidelines for Modeling
Human Evolution Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Who Were Our Ancestors? Part 5 Part
II. Origins Models Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Origins of Human Subsistence
Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Origins of Bipedalism Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Origins of
Human Life History Chapter 9 Chapter 7. Origins of Human Bodily Displays
Chapter 10 Chapter 8. Origins of Language Chapter 11 Chapter 9. Origins of
Human Mentality Chapter 12 Chapter 10. Origins of Cultures