Human Evolution

An Introduction for the Behavioural Sciences

Graham Richards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

408 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-26024-8 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1987, Human Evolution looks at theories of the evolution of human behaviour (contemporary at the time of publication). The book reviews competing theories of psychological and social evolution and provides a detailed historical introduction to the subject. A key theoretical concern which emerges in the book includes the psychological significance of the human evolution issue itself. The period of human evolution covered ranges from the demise of the Miocene hominoids, to the emergence of ‘civilization’. Topics covered include: functions of ‘origin myths’, history of the study of human evolution, methods and data-bases, theories of the nature of ‘hominisation’, origins of bipedalism, language and tool-use, theories of social evolution, theories of cave art and the spread of Homo sapiens to America and Australia.

Graham Richards

Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Nature of the Problem 2. Linnaeus to the Leakeys 3. Methods and Data-Bases 4. Brains and Sex, Meat and Reasons 5. Genes and Culture, Kindness and Speech 6. From Erectus to Sapiens Appendix A: Principal pre-Modern Hominid Fossils Appendix B: Development of the Hominid Jaw Appendix C: Hominid Genealogy – Seventy-Two Possibilities Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2021
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Evolution
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	752 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-367-26024-7 / 0367260247
ISBN-13	978-0-367-26024-8 / 9780367260248
Zustand	Neuware