Humans before humanity : an evolutionary perspective

Author(s)

• Foley, Robert

Bibliographic Information

Humans before humanity : an evolutionary perspective

Robert Foley

Blackwell Publishers, c1997

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-242) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book recreates the lost world of the hominid species that lived and flourished for around one million years before, and in some cases after, the evolution of modern humans some 200,000 years ago.

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. A Question of Evolution. 2. Why Darwinism?. 3. What are Human Beings?. 4. When did we become Human?. 5. Was Human Evolution Progressive?. 6. Why Africa?. 7. Is Human Evolution Adaptive?. 8. Why are Humans such an Evolutionary Rarity?. 9. How do we Explain the Evolution of Humans?. 10. Does Human Evolution Matter? A Tabular Guide to the Naming and Discovery of Hominid Species and Subspecies. Notes. References. Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA31364832
• ISBN:
  • 0631205284
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, UK
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 248 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN281
  • DC20 : 573.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human evolution