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Humans Before Humanity
Robert Andrew Foley (Author)
9780631205289, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 23 January 1997
260 pages
22.9 x 15.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.369 kg
"Foley offers clear and often original answers to crucial questions. A number of conventional ideas are usefully broken and the result is really fascinating. Anyone interested in evolution must read this book." Nature
"The excellence of the writing allows the author to deal with complex topics which many of his academic colleagues continue to render incomprehensible. It is written with a style and clarity that are exceptional. It would make an excellent basis for a graduate seminar programme." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
This book recreates the lost world of the hominid species that lived and flourished for around one million years before, and in some cases after, the evolution of modern humans some 200,000 years ago.
Preface. 1. A Question of Evolution. 2. Why Darwinism?. 3. What are Human Beings?. 4. When did we become Human?. 5. Was Human Evolution Progressive?. 6. Why Africa?. 7. Is Human Evolution Adaptive?. 8. Why are Humans such an Evolutionary Rarity?. 9. How do we Explain the Evolution of Humans?. 10. Does Human Evolution Matter? A Tabular Guide to the Naming and Discovery of Hominid Species and Subspecies. Notes. References. Index.
Subject Areas: Archaeology [HD]
