Early Hominids & Human Evolution
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The People of Sunghir [Hardback]
Erik Trinkaus (Author); Alexandra P. Buzhilova (Author); Maria B. Mednikova (Author); Maria V. Dobrovolskaya (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9780199381050
Published by : Oxford University Press
In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir archaeological site. It has long been apparent to those ... .... Learn More -
Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins [Hardback]
Robin Dennell (Editor); Martin Porr (Editor)
£72.00ISBN: 9781107017856
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This is the first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens between East Africa and Australia before 30,000 years ago. With contribution... .... Learn More -
The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution [Hardback]
Clive Finlayson (Author)
Regular Price: £16.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780199658794
Published by : Oxford University Press
In this fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year evolutionary journey, Finlayson demonstrates the radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and technologies and shows that understanding humans within an ecological conte... .... Learn More
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes [Hardback]
Svante Paabo (Author)
Regular Price: £18.99
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780465020836
Published by : Basic Books
What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes... .... Learn More
Lucy to Language [Hardback]
R. I. M. Dunbar (Editor); Clive Gamble (Editor); J A J Gowlett (Editor)
£100.00ISBN: 9780199652594
Published by : Oxford University Press
The concept of the social brain has become a popular topic in the last decade and has generated interest within the research community and contributed to a wide public examination of human culture, nature, mind, and instinct, as w... .... Learn More
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans, Volume 1 [Hardback]
Takeru Akazawa (Editor); Yoshihiro Nishiaki (Editor); Aoki Kenichi (Editor)
£82.00ISBN: 9784431545101
Published by : Springer Verlag
This volume presents the first of two proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012. Focussing on a highly innovative working hypothes... .... Learn More
How to Think Like a Neandertal [Paperback]
Thomas Wynn (Author); Frederick L. Coolidge (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9780199329229
Published by : Oxford University Press
There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals-some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think ... .... Learn More
The Prehistory of Music [Hardback]
Iain Morley (Author)
£79.00ISBN: 9780199234080
Published by : Oxford University Press
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neu... .... Learn More
Quaternary History and Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Axe Valley at Broom, South West England [Hardback]
C. P. Green (Editor); Robert Hosfield (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
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ISBN: 9781842175200
Published by : Oxbow Books
This investigation of the Lower Palaeolithic site at Broom, Devon, highlights the huge potential of old sites and the importance of the archaeological and geological legacy resulting from more than 150 years of field investigation... .... Learn More
Human Social Evolution: The Foundational Works of Richard D. Alexander [Hardback]
Kyle Summers (Editor); Bernard J. Crespi (Editor)
Regular Price: £24.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780199791750
Published by : Oxford University Press
Richard D. Alexander is an accomplished entomologist who turned his attention to solving some of the most perplexing problems associated with the evolution of human social systems. Using impeccable Darwinian logic and elaborating, extending and ad... .... Learn More
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