Masters of the planet seeking the origins of human singularity

"When homo sapiens made their entrance 100,000 years ago they were confronted by a wide range of other early humans--homo erectus, who walked better and used fire; homo habilis who used tools; and of course the Neanderthals, who were brawny and strong. But shortly after their arrival, something happ...

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Main Author: Tattersall, Ian
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ancient origins
  • The rise of the bipedal apes
  • Early hominid lifestyles and the interior world
  • Australopith variety
  • Striding out
  • Life on the savanna
  • Out of Africa-- and back
  • The first cosmopolitan hominid
  • Ice ages and early Europeans
  • Who were the Neanderthals?
  • Archaic and modern
  • Enigmatic arrival
  • The origin of symbolic behavior
  • In the beginning was the word.