Title:
Human evolution : our brains and behavior / Robin Dunbar.
Author:
Dunbar, R. I. M. (Robin Ian MacDonald), 1947- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number:
BF698.95 .D85 2016
Abstract:
"This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that occurred with each "transition" in the evolutionary narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780190616786
Physical Description:
415 pages ; 25 cm.
Contents:
What we have to explain -- The bases of primate sociality -- The essential framework -- The first transition: the australopithecines -- The second transition: early Homo -- The third transition: archaic humans -- The fourth transition: modern humans -- How kinship, language and culture came to be -- The fifth transition: the Neolithic and beyond.
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