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Bezig met laden... The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Originsdoor Richard G. Klein
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This 1989 edition has been updated in 2000. I have not yet acquired the newer version, but even this is worthwhile for getting your feet wet on the subject of human evolution. Klein is a careful scholar, weighing evidence clearly and letting you know on what grounds he has come to his conclusions. He lays out evidence very well, and that alone makes this recommended reading, because whatever else you read on the subject, you have to understand the kinds of evidence that scientists use and how they come to conclusions from that evidence. Since this topic is a hot one, new discoveries are occurring all the time and older evidence is being reevaluated. Even so, I found Klein's chronicalling of the development of hominids into modern humans, very enlightening and not contradictory of newer evidence that I have read. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Since its publication in 1989, The Human Career has proved to be an indispensable tool in teaching human origins. This substantially revised third edition retains Richard G. Klein's innovative approach while showing how cumulative discoveries and analyses over the past ten years have significantly refined our knowledge of human evolution. Klein chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. His comprehensive treatment stresses recent advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there, replacing the Neanderthals in Europe and equally archaic people in Asia. With its coverage of both the fossil record and the archaeological record over the 2.5 million years for which both are available, The Human Career demonstrates that human morphology and behavior evolved together. Throughout the book, Klein presents evidence for alternative points of view, but does not hesitate to make his own position clear. In addition to outlining the broad pattern of human evolution, The Human Career details the kinds of data that support it. For the third edition, Klein has added numerous tables and a fresh citation system designed to enhance readability, especially for students. He has also included more than fifty new illustrations to help lay readers grasp the fossils, artifacts, and other discoveries on which specialists rely. With abundant references and hundreds of images, charts, and diagrams, this new edition is unparalleled in its usefulness for teaching human evolution. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)599.938Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Mammals Humans Genetics, evolution, development EvolutionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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