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Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1404200770
Discusses the scientific research which led to the theories of human origian, including the contributions of Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Louis Leakey.
Author : Carel P. Van Schaik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470147634
The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolutionary psychology of humans. However, unlike similar books, it strives to define the human species relative to our living and extinct relatives, and thus highlights uniquely derived human features. The book features a truly multi-disciplinary, multi-theory, and comparative species approach to subjects not usually presented in textbooks focused on humans, such as the evolution of culture, life history, parenting, and social organization.
Author : Ian Tattersall
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466879430
In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career—from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman—Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey dynasty in Africa, and concluding with the latest astonishing findings in the Caucasus. The book's title refers to the 1856 discovery of a clearly very old skull cap in Germany's Neander Valley. The possessor had a brain as large as a modern human, but a heavy low braincase with a prominent brow ridge. Scientists tried hard to explain away the inconvenient possibility that this was not actually our direct relative. One extreme interpretation suggested that the preserved leg bones were curved by both rickets, and by a life on horseback. The pain of the unfortunate individual's affliction had caused him to chronically furrow his brow in agony, leading to the excessive development of bone above the eye sockets. The subsequent history of human evolutionary studies is full of similarly fanciful interpretations. With tact and humor, Tattersall concludes that we are not the perfected products of natural processes, but instead the result of substantial doses of random happenstance.
Author : Valentin Matcas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973415135
There is more to the human origins, development, intelligence, and civilization than the continuous debate Creationism versus Evolution, simply because there is more to the human condition than what authorities and ideologies determine you to acknowledge and accept today. Therefore, when you study the human origins, you have to expand your research beyond the very moment in time when the first humans detached from the firmament or previous species, since there are by far more significant moments in Humanity's lifespan and achievements to define its origins. You have to study it all, otherwise you risk understanding these significant events from simplistic empirical or ideological perspectives only, and so you end up following the crowd throughout endless debates. What you want to learn is the truth, since you are already familiar with all theories, beliefs, and debates regarding the human origins. This book studies the human origins, along with the origins of life, human intelligence, human species, human civilization, human Society, human development, and various past civilizations to have span the Earth, integrating humans, their origins, and their original conditions in an elaborate comprehensive model. ...Because if you want to understand the human origins, you must also understand the origins of life, the origins of the world in general, the nature and origins of this world we call Reality, the nature of the human higher self and intelligence, the origins and debut of human consciousness and intelligent thinking, along with all details relating to the Creator of this world, to Life, and to Humankind. Yet even more important is for you to know how all these affect you personally, how they affect your family, your bloodline, and your nation, how your family and bloodline originate, where and how it happened, under what circumstances, and with what status and privileges for you, for your family, for your nation, and for the humankind. ...And this is exactly what we cover throughout this book, in all details and from all perspectives.
Author : Rene J. Herrera,Ralph Garcia-Bertrand
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128041284
Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations describes the genesis of humans in Africa and the subsequent story of how our species migrated to every corner of the globe. Different phases of this journey are presented in an integrative format with information from a number of disciplines, including population genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history. This unique approach weaves a story that has synergistic impact in the clarity and level of understanding that will appeal to those researching, studying, and interested in population genetics, evolutionary biology, human migrations, and the beginnings of our species. Integrates research and information from the fields of genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history, among others Presents the content in an entertaining and synergistic style to facilitate a deep understanding of human population genetics Informs on the origins and recent evolution of our species in an approachable manner
Author : Xinzhi Wu,Frank E. Poirier
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015039881464
This book is the first comprehensive treatment of all the major human and ape fossils found in China. The book contains original analyses of a number of the fossils, and first-time translations of Chinese-language materials. Metric information is presented, to be used to compare with fossil samples from other parts of the world.
Author : Ulrich J. Frey,Charlotte Störmer,Kai P. Willführ
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642139680
To understand why we humans are as we are, it is necessary to look at the essential building blocks that comprise our nature. The foundations of this structure are our evolutionary origins as primates and our social roots. Upon these rest features such as our emotions, language and aesthetic preferences, with our self-perceptions, self-deceptions and thirst for knowledge right at the top. The unifying force holding these blocks together is evolutionary theory. Evolution provides a deeper understanding of human nature and, in particular, of the common roots of these different perspectives. To build a reliable and coherent model of man, leading authors from fields as diverse as primatology, anthropology, neurobiology and philosophy have joined forces to present essays each describing their own expert perspective. Together they provide a convincing and complete picture of our own human nature.
Author : Rob DeSalle,Ian Tattersall
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015077649856
Describes how mapping the human genome has aided paleoanthropologists in their study of ancient bones used to explore human origins, from the earliest humans--bipedal apes--up to Martin Pickford's Millennium Man.
Author : Holly M. Dunsworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313059872
What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Human Origins 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of the origins of humans using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood. Human Origins 101 enables students and the general public to understand the basic concepts underlying our knowledge of our evolution as a species. This small volume covers: ; A brief history of paleoanthropology, and the discovery of human's place in nature ; Evolution and the Origin of Life ; Clues to human origins from genetics ; The fossil and archaeological records ; The distinctive traits that makes us human ; The diversity of modern humans With a bibliography, glossary, and discussion of hoaxes, fringe theories, and hot-button issues, Human Origins 101 provides the perfect starting point for anyone wishing to understand how scientists know how humans evolved.
Author : Raymond Corbey,Wil Roebroeks
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9053564640
This history of human origin studies covers a wide range of disciplines. This important new study analyses a number of key episodes from palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology, primatology and evolutionary theory in terms of various ideas on how one should go about such reconstructions and what, if any, the uses of such historiographical exercises can be for current research in these disciplines. Their carefully argued point is that studying the history of palaeoanthropological thinking about the past can enhance the quality of current research on human origins. The main issues in the present volume are the uses of disciplinary history in terms of present-day research concerns, the relative weight of cultural and other 'external' contexts, and continuity and change in theoretical perspectives. The book's overall approach is an epistemological one. It does not, in other words, primarily address anthropological data as such, but our ways of handling such data in terms of our most fundamental, but usually quite implicit theoretical presuppositions.
Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : IBNF:CF005694685
Author : Robin George Collingwood
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Svante Pääbo
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780465080687
A preeminent geneticist, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine, hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human? Neanderthal Man tells the riveting personal and scientific story of the quest to use ancient DNA to unlock the secrets of human evolution. Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and culminating in the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome in 2010, Neanderthal Man describes the events, intrigues, failures, and triumphs of these scientifically rich years through the lens of the pioneer and inventor of the field of ancient DNA, Svante Pääbo. We learn that Neanderthal genes offer a unique window into the lives of our ancient relatives and may hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of where language came from as well as why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct. Pääbo redrew our family tree and permanently changed the way we think about who we are and how we got here. For readers of Richard Dawkins, David Reich, and Hope Jahren, Neanderthal Man is the must-read account of how he did it.
Author : Joseph Miller
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781300029328
This book attempts to define the issues that face us in trying to understand the often-overwhelming complexity of the human experience. It is intellectually challenging, broad in its scope, richly detailed, and densely argued. It is the first in a projected series of five volumes in which the author will seek to touch on every aspect of human historical reality and all the multitudinous variables that have shaped it.
Author : Chris Gosden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780198803515
Recent archaeological discoveries from China and central Asia have changed our understanding of how human civilization developed in the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history. In this new edition of his Very Short Introduction, Chris Gosden explores the current theories on the ebb and flow of human cultural variety.