Deep history : the architecture of past and present / Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail ; with Timothy Earle ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shryock, Andrew.

Contributor:

Smail, Daniel Lord.

Earle, Timothy K., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Social evolution.

Anthropology, Prehistoric.

World history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important for readers interested in the present as in the past,brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more. Combining cutting-edge social and evolutionary theory with the latest discoveries about human genes, brains, and material culture, Deep History invites scholars and general readers alike to explore the dynamic of connectedness that spans all of human history.With Timothy Earle, Gillian Feeley-Harnik, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Clive Gamble, April McMahon, John C. Mitani, Hendrik Poinar, Mary C. Stiner, and Thomas R. Trautmann

Contents:

pt. 1. Problems and orientations

pt. 2. Frames for history in deep time

pt. 3. Shared substance

pt. 4. Human expansion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613278203

9781283278201

1283278200

9780520949669

0520949668

OCLC:

755615129