Screen LibraryDarwin's legacy：scenarios in human evolution
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AltaMira Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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African archaeology series |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 250 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780759103153 (cloth : alk. paper) 0759103151 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780759103160 (pbk. : alk. paper) 075910316X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q111 |
| CLC: | Q111 |
| Call Number: | Q111/P243 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-242) and index. Scenarios in human evolution : science or fiction? -- Guidelines for modeling human evolution -- Who were our ancestors? -- Origins of human subsistence -- Origins of bipedalism -- Origins of human life history -- Origins of human bodily displays -- Origins of language -- Origins of human mentality -- Origins of cultures -- Epilogue : what about bonobos? 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. |