The Human Revolution. Behavioural and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans

Paul Mellars and Chris Stringer

ISBN 10: 0691085390 / ISBN 13: 9780691085395

Editore: Princeton University Press, 1989

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• Titolo: The Human Revolution. Behavioural and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691085390
• ISBN 13: 9780691085395
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good

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Riassunto

The edited and updated synthesis of a conference (on title) held at Cambridge U. in 1987, the volume covers the evolutionary origins and geographical dispersal of biologically modern human populations (i.e. Homo sapiens sapiens ), presenting the biological, anatomical, and genetic evidence for human origins, and the archaeological evidence for the development of modern behavioral patterns. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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"There is little doubt that this is an important book for all paleaoanthropologists and archaeologists--it is international in its scope and broad in its treatment of the exciting issues central to modern thinking in these fields."--Nature