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Beschreibung
A powerful new theory of human origins by which we can understand the actual dynamics of becoming human.
A powerful new theory of human origins by which we can understand the actual dynamics of becoming human.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Darwin and the descent of 'man'; 2. Models in evolution; 3. African apes and human evolution; 4. Chimpanzees as a model of the ancestral population: locomotion, tools and diet; 5. Chimpanzees as a model of the ancestral population: social organisation and interaction; 6. Chimpanzees as a model of ancestral population: mental capacities, communication and sociation - bases for the evolution of the capacity for culture; 7. The transition to Australopithecus: natural and sexual selection in human origins; 8. Evidence on the transition: what can the earliest hominid fossils reveal about the ancestral population and the transition?; 9. Gathering and the australopithecine way of life; 10. Early hominid lifeways: the critical role of an interpretive framework; 11. Conclusion: becoming human; Bibliography; Acknowledgements and bibliography for illustrations; Indexes.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Grundlagen
Genre: Biologie, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780521280280
ISBN-10: 0521280281
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tanner, Nancy
Tanner
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Nancy Tanner (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2009
Gewicht: 0,635 kg
Artikel-ID: 101502994