How Humans Evolved
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-92628-6 (ISBN)
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Robert Boyd and Joan B. Silk bring their respective specialties
to the groundbreaking Fourth Edition of How Humans
Evolved. Using the broad perspective of behavioral
ecology?how human behavior has been influenced by the
evolutionary process?the authors offer a balanced discussion,
drawing on updated coverage of the human fossil record. The
well-structured pedagogical framework of the text, with its
emphasis on overarching ideas, makes the material accessible to
introductory students.
New Science and Recent Discoveries
The Fourth Edition integrates discussions of new science and
recent discoveries into the narrative. Highlights of the Fourth
Edition include:
Updating of the fossil record to reflect the most current
scholarship.
Expanded coverage of gene regulation and cell differentiation
during development.
Discussion of life history theory linked with the evolution of
primates? cognitive abilities.
New data on the origin of primates, the New World primate
radiation, and Miocene apes.
New data on global paleoclimates; new research by McLarnon on
Homo ergaster?s lack of speech.
New discussion of recent works by Christopher Dean on rates of
development in extinct hominins.
New sections on the Herto fossils and what genetic sequence
data can tell us about human evolution.
Revised sections that provide a more integrated view of human
diversity and contemporary human behavior.
New examination of how evolution has shaped the psychology
underlying decisions about mating and parenting and new analysis of
human behavior toward mates and children.
Excellent Art Program
The art program in How Humans Evolved clearly
demonstrates the relationships between fossils. All of the
comparative drawings are pictured with the same orientation and
consistent scale throughout the book.
A Responsive Revision
For the Fourth Edition, the authors have responded to feedback
from the hundreds of instructors across the country already using
How Humans Evolved and have streamlined the text into 17
chapters.
Robert Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory, focusing especially on the evolution of cooperation and the role of culture in human evolution. His book Culture and the Evolutionary Process received the J. I. Staley Prize, and he has also published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. Boyd is currently the Origins Professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Joan B. Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of monkeys and apes, including extended fieldwork on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania and on baboons in Kenya and Botswana. She is also interested in the application of evolutionary thinking to human behavior. She has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. She is currently a professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.1.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, ports. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1127 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-92628-1 / 0393926281 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-92628-6 / 9780393926286 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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