Human Evolution

A Pelican Introduction

Robin Dunbar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2014
Pelican (Verlag)
978-0-14-197531-3 (ISBN)

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What makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why did we survive, and other human species fail? How did this extraordinary proliferation of species come about - and then go extinct? This book shows it was our social and cognitive changes which truly made us distinct from other species.

What makes us human?
How did we develop language, thought and culture?
Why did we survive, and other human species fail?

The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human species. How did this extraordinary proliferation of species come about - and then go extinct? And why did we emerge such intellectual giants? The tale of our origins has inevitably been told through the 'stones and bones' of the archaeological record, yet Robin Dunbar shows it was our social and cognitive changes rather than our physical development which truly made us distinct from other species.

Robin Dunbar is an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. His acclaimed books include How Many Friends Does One Person Need? and Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, described by Malcolm Gladwell as 'a marvellous work of popular science.'

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2014
Reihe/Serie	A Pelican Introduction
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 181 mm
Gewicht	236 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
Schlagworte	Evolution (Mensch)
ISBN-10	0-14-197531-8 / 0141975318
ISBN-13	978-0-14-197531-3 / 9780141975313
Zustand	Neuware