Early Humans and Their World

Early Humans and Their World
Title Early Humans and Their World PDF eBook
Author Bo Gräslund
Publisher Routledge
Pages 193
Release 2005-10-11
Genre Education
ISBN 1134261357

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Summarizing modern research on early hominid evolution from the apes six million years ago to the emergence of modern humans, this book is the first to present a synthetic discussion of many aspects of early human life.

The First Humans

The First Humans
Title The First Humans PDF eBook
Author Frederick E. Grine
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 217
Release 2009-05-24
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1402099800

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There are some issues in human paleontology that seem to be timeless. Most deal with the origin and early evolution of our own genus – something about which we should care. Some of these issues pertain to taxonomy and systematics. How many species of Homo were there in the Pliocene and Pleistocene? How do we identify the earliest members the genus Homo? If there is more than one Plio-Pleistocene species, how do they relate to one another, and where and when did they evolve? Other issues relate to questions about body size, proportions and the functional adaptations of the locomotor skeleton. When did the human postcranial “Bauplan” evolve, and for what reasons? What behaviors (and what behavioral limitations) can be inferred from the postcranial bones that have been attributed to Homo habilis and Homo erectus? Still other issues relate to growth, development and life history strategies, and the biological and archeological evidence for diet and behavior in early Homo. It is often argued that dietary change played an important role in the origin and early evolution of our genus, with stone tools opening up scavenging and hunting opportunities that would have added meat protein to the diet of Homo. Still other issues relate to the environmental and climatic context in which this genus evolved.

DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans

DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans
Title DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans PDF eBook
Author DK
Publisher Penguin
Pages 74
Release 2005-04-11
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0756650828

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Discover how the world's first people lived from cave dwellings to the tools of the Iron Age with DK Eyewitness Books: Early Humans. Learn how early people hunted and gathered their food, which people made jewelry out of leopards' teeth, how bread was made in the Bronze Age, how mummies and bog bodies have been preserved, and much, much more in Eyewitness: Early Humans!

Catching Fire

Catching Fire
Title Catching Fire PDF eBook
Author Richard Wrangham
Publisher Profile Books
Pages 318
Release 2010-08-06
Genre Science
ISBN 1847652107

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In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. As our ancestors adapted to using fire, humans emerged as "the cooking apes". Covering everything from food-labelling and overweight pets to raw-food faddists, Catching Fire offers a startlingly original argument about how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. "This notion is surprising, fresh and, in the hands of Richard Wrangham, utterly persuasive ... Big, new ideas do not come along often in evolution these days, but this is one." -Matt Ridley, author of Genome

Human Evolution

Human Evolution
Title Human Evolution PDF eBook
Author Camilo J. Cela-Conde
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 446
Release 2007-09-27
Genre Nature
ISBN 0198567804

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This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy. Human evolution courses are now widespread and this book has the potential to satisfy the requirements of most, particularly at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It is based on a translation, albeit with substantial modification, of a successful Spanish language book.

Human Evolution and Male Aggression

Human Evolution and Male Aggression
Title Human Evolution and Male Aggression PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Cambria Press
Pages 256
Release
Genre
ISBN 1621968073

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Man the Hunted

Man the Hunted
Title Man the Hunted PDF eBook
Author Donna Hart
Publisher Routledge
Pages 318
Release 2018-04-17
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0429978715

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Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors' studies of predators on monkeys and apes are supplemented here with the observations of naturalists in the field and revealing interpretations of the fossil record. Eyewitness accounts of the 'man the hunted' drama being played out even now give vivid evidence of its prehistoric significance. This provocative view of human evolution suggests that countless adaptations that have allowed our species to survive (from larger brains to speech), stem from a considerably more vulnerable position on the food chain than we might like to imagine. The myth of early humans as fearless hunters dominating the earth obscures our origins as just one of many species that had to be cautious, depend on other group members, communicate danger, and come to terms with being merely one cog in the complex cycle of life.