Early Hominids & Human Evolution

ISBN: 9781785707612
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 6
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The Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’: how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088907647
Published by : Sidestone Press
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In Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Jana Pešoutová presents new interpretations of current healing practices in Cuba and the Dominican Republic juxtaposed against the European colonization of the Caribbean after 1492. By combining data ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088907623
Published by : Sidestone Press
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In Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Jana Pešoutová presents new interpretations of current healing practices in Cuba and the Dominican Republic juxtaposed against the European colonization of the Caribbean after 1492. By combining data ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198831747
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Very Short Introductions
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The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674237810
Published by : Harvard University Press
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Carved into our past and woven into our present, numbers shape our perceptions of the world far more than we think. In this sweeping account of how the invention of numbers sparked a revolution in human thought and culture, Caleb Everett draws on ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780873655545
Published by : Peabody Museum Publications
Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins
Volume: 51
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The remains from Skhul, Qafzeh, Amud, and Kebara caves in Israel provide evidence for the possible contemporaneity and eventual replacement of several distinct hominin populations over time: early Archaic-Modern humans by Neanderthals, and Neander... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198797524
Published by : Oxford University Press
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Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a 'cognitive revolution' (C.50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our species, Homo sapiens. As a result of this revolution our species spread and eventually replaced all e... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691182834
Published by : Princeton University Press
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthrop... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300204094
Published by : Yale University Press
Series: Foundational Questions in Science
A theory of human evolution and history based on ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older... .... Learn More