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How humans evolved
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How humans evolved / Robert Boyd and Joan B. Silk, Arizona State University.
ISBN
9780393603453
0393603458
9780393630114
Edition
Eighth edition.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Physical Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part one : How evolution works. Adaptation by natural selection
Genetics
The modern synthesis
Speciation and phylogeny
Part two : Primate ecology and behavior. Primate diversity and ecology
Primate mating systems
The evolution of cooperation
Primate life histories and the evolution of intelligence
Part three : The history of the human lineage. From tree shrew to ape
The earliest hominins
Early Homo and H. erectus
The neanderthals and their contemporaries
Homo sapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior
Part four : Evolution and modern humans. Human genetics and variation
Evolution and human behavior
Culture, cooperation, and human uniqueness.
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