Man The Hunted Primates Predators And Human Evolution
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Author | : Donna Hart |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total 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.
Author | : Donald Hart |
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Release | : 2005 |
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Author | : DONNA. HART |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2019-06-14 |
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ISBN | : 9780367097073 |
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Author | : Richard Borshay Lee |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 974 |
Release | : 2017-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1351507451 |
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Man the Hunter is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world. Ethnographic studies increasingly contribute substantial amounts of new data on hunter-gatherers and are rapidly changing our concept of Man the Hunter. Social anthropologists generally have been reappraising the basic concepts of descent, fi liation, residence, and group structure. This book presents new data on hunters and clarifi es a series of conceptual issues among social anthropologists as a necessary background to broader discussions with archaeologists, biologists, and students of human evolution.
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Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781603446761 |
Download Human Origins Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Describes how mapping the human genome has aided paleoanthropologists in their study of ancient bones used to explore human origins, from the earliest humans--bipedal apes--up to Martin Pickford's Millennium Man.
Author | : Danny Vendramini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : 9780908244775 |
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Put aside everything you thought you knew about being human - about how we got here and what it all means. Australian theoretical biologist Danny Vendramini has developed a theory of human origins that is stunning in its simplicity, yet breathtaking in its scope and importance. Them and Us: how Neanderthal predation created modern humans begins with a radical reassessment of Neanderthals. He shows they weren't docile omnivores, but savage, cannibalistic carnivores - top flight predators of the stone age. Neanderthal Predation (NP) theory reveals that Neanderthals were 'apex' predators - who resided at the top of the food chain, and everything else - including humans - was their prey. NP theory is one of those groundbreaking ideas that revolutionizes scientific thinking. It represents a quantum leap in our understanding of human origins.
Author | : Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 575 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1108470971 |
Download Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A complete account of evolutionary thought in the social, environmental and policy sciences, creating bridges with biology.
Author | : Ian Tattersall |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 023010875X |
Download Masters of the Planet Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When Homo sapiens made their entrance 100,000 years ago they were confronted by a wide range of other hominids - but shortly after their arrival, something happened that vaulted the species forward. This book is devoted to revealing just what made humans the indisputable masters of the planet.
Author | : Richard Wrangham |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total 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
Author | : Kerry M. Dore |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2017-02-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1107109965 |
Download Ethnoprimatology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.