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ISBN: 9780674582200
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: EV-THEO
In the popular mind evolutionary theory has become inextricably associated with a broad social concept of progress. For many people there is something deeply disturbing about such an idea. It is this tension which Ruse examines through the hist... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780140179187
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
Series: EV-THEO
In Dawkins' remarkable book the heights of Mount Improbable represent the combination of perfection and improbability that is epitomized in the seemingly 'designed' perfection of living things. Dawkins guides the reader through the natural worl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782271051592
Published by : CNRS Editions
Series: EV-THEO
Two centuries ago, theories about the origins of man rested on myth. Modern science has overthrown these traditional explanations, but has it truly escaped their influence? The author argues that it has not, in this provocative and absorbing ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780750932776
Published by : Sutton Publishing Ltd
Series: EV-THEO
Human evolution tends to be understood in terms of a development from inferior to superior, primitive to advanced, the simple to the complex. In this book Gamble attempts to dispel some of the myths and distortions that this way of perceiving t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521485418
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Series: EV-THEO
Nineteen essays by researchers in fields as diverse as biological and social anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and ethnology address the questions of how humans have evolved into users of complex tools with complex communication systems a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780815316961
Published by : Garland Publishing
Series: EV-THEO
An alphabetic arrangement of some 1200 entries, from a paragraph to several pages each, on human evolution, physical anthropology, sites and finds, and the people associated with them; coverage is worldwide. The inclusion of `prehistory' in the... .... Learn More