Upright: The Evolutionary Key to Becoming Human - Rilegato

Stanford, Craig B.

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ISBN 10: 0618302476 ISBN 13: 9780618302475

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004

Riassunto

A distinguished anthropologist explores the complex mysteries of human evolution in a study that examines how human ancestors learned to walk upright, arguing that bipedalism--even more than a large brain or a facility with language--played a pivotal role in the development of humankind.

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Recensione:

"His sober and well-documented study merits close attention by anyone interested in human origins." Publishers Weekly

"An engaging resume of the pros and cons in the raging controversies that characterize anthropology/paleontology." Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Craig Stanford is co-director of the Jane Goodall Primate Research Center and associate professor at the department of anthropology, University of Southern California. His previous books are: Significant Others: The Ape-Human Continuum and the Quest for Human Nature (Basic, 2001), The Hunting Apes: Meat-easting and the Origins of Human Behavior (Princeton U. Press,1999), and Chimpanzee and Red Colobus: The Ecology of Predator and Prey (Harvard U. Press, 1998).

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618302476
• ISBN 13: 9780618302475
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192