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Author : E. Blechschmidt
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 476/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Human Life by : E. Blechschmidt
Download or read book The Beginnings of Human Life written by E. Blechschmidt. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Meredith
Release : 2011-08-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Born in Africa by : Martin Meredith
Download or read book Born in Africa written by Martin Meredith. This book was released on 2011-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind and the dawn of civilisation. Through a century of archaeological investigation, scientists have transformed our understanding of the beginnings of human life, although vital clues still remain hidden. In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows the trail of discoveries about our human origins made by scientists over the last hundred years, as well as describing the history of scholarship in this incredibly exciting field. He relates the intense rivalries, personal feuds and fierce controversies that shaped the study and perception of Africa, and recounts the feats of skill and endurance that have illuminated thousands of years of human evolution. The results have been momentous. Scientists have identified more than twenty species of extinct humans and firmly established Africa as the birthplace not only of humankind, but also of our own species: homo sapiens, the modern human. Scientific study has revealed how early technology, language ability and artistic endeavour all originated in Africa, and scientists have shown how, in an exodus sixty thousand years ago, small groups of Africans left their birthplace to populate the rest of the world. We all have an African legacy, and in this fascinating and informative book Martin Meredith leads us back to the place where we have rediscovered our common human heritage.
Author : Peter Bogucki
Release : 2000-01-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Origins of Human Society by : Peter Bogucki
Download or read book The Origins of Human Society written by Peter Bogucki. This book was released on 2000-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origins of Human Society traces the development of human culture from its origins over 2 million years ago to the emergence of literate civilization. In addition to a global coverage of prehistoric life, the book pays specific attention to the origins and dispersal of anatomically-modern humans, the development of symbolic expression, the transition from mobile foraging bands to sedentary households, early agriculture and its consequences, the emergence of social differentiation and hereditary ranking, and the prehistoric roots of ancient states and empires. The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.
Author : E. Blechschmidt
Release : 1977-12-21
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Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Human Life by : E. Blechschmidt
Download or read book The Beginnings of Human Life written by E. Blechschmidt. This book was released on 1977-12-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristen Hawkes
Release : 2006
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Synopsis The Evolution of Human Life History by : Kristen Hawkes
Download or read book The Evolution of Human Life History written by Kristen Hawkes. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings may share 98 percent of their genetic makeup with their nonhuman primate cousins, but they have distinctive life histories. When and why did these uniquely human patterns evolve? To answer that question, this volume brings together specialists in hunter-gatherer behavioral ecology and demography, human growth, development, and nutrition, paleodemography, human paleontology, primatology, and the genomics of aging. The contributors identify and explain the peculiar features of human life histories, such as the rate and timing of processes that directly influence survival and reproduction. Drawing on new evidence from paleoanthropology, they question existing arguments that link human's extended childhood dependency and long 'post-reproductive'lives to brain development, learning, and distinctively human social structures. The volume reviews alternative explanations for the distinctiveness of human life history and incorporates multiple lines of evidence in order to test them.
