Human origins
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Human origins
（Oxford science publications）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989
Available at 13 libraries
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Includes index
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Description
This work brings together essays by archaeologists, anthropologists, biologists and palaeontologists which together provide a portrait of what is currently known about the evolution of our species. It aims to provide an accurate and accessible introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. The book explains how new ideas and new information are being incorporated into an ever more detailed account of the emergence of the hominids from the world of the apes. Later chapters consider the life-style of our early ancestors and the evolution of human intelligence, and the book concludes with a chapter on the nature and significance of human purpose. The idea for the book arose out of a public lecture series entitled "Human Origins" which was organized by John Durant in Oxford in 1984.
Table of Contents
- Why any study of human origins must be Darwinian, Richard Dawkins
- fossil man - the hard evidence, Michael Day
- molecular biology and human evolution
- Alec J.Jeffreys
- recent fossil finds from East Africa, Richard Leakey
- "Homo sapiens" - single or multiple origin?, C.B.Stringer
- common ancestors and uncommon apes, Adrienne L.Zihlman
- cutting and carrying - archaeology and the emergence of the genus "Homo", Glynn Isaac
- the origins of human intelligence, R.E.Passingham
- Darwinism and human purpose, Richard Dawkins.
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