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Very short introductions volume 142
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Oxford University Press
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Not Supplied
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English
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The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of palaeoanthropology from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the very latest fossil finds....
10) Human evolution beyond biology and culture: evolutionary social, environmental and policy sciences
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Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Both natural and cultural selection played an important role in shaping human evolution. Since cultural change can itself be regarded as evolutionary, a process of gene-culture coevolution is operative. The study of human evolution--in past, present and future--is therefore not restricted to biology. An inclusive comprehension of human evolution relies on integrating insights about cultural, economic and technological evolution with relevant elements...
11) Human evolution
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F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Traces past and present theories of human origins and development.
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Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Living in a Dangerous Climate provides a journey through human and Earth history, showing how a changing climate has affected human evolution and society. Is it possible for humanity to evolve quickly, or is slow, gradual, genetic evolution the only way we change? Why did all other Homo species go extinct while Homo sapiens became dominant? How did agriculture, domestication, and the use of fossil fuels affect humanity's growing dominance? Do today's...
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Perspectives on human evolution volume 3
Publisher
W. A. Benjamin
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
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