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Parker, Sue Taylor.

Darwin's legacy : scenarios in human evolution / Sue Taylor Parker and Karin Enstam Jaffe. - Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations - African archaeology series . - African archaeology series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.


English.

ISBN: 9781461647669 1461647665 1299453449 9781299453449

Source: 931132FC-0D81-4A7F-AFFC-C62D9273D2BA OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human evolution.
Human beings--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Biological Evolution
Hominidae
Êtres humains--Évolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Physical.
Evolution (Biology)
Human evolution
Mensch
Evolution

LC Class. No.: GN281 / .P339 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 599.93/8

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2008 J-309 GN 281 / P243d 2008