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...
| Main Author: | Tattersall, Ian. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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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.