How humans evolved / Robert Boyd and Joan B. Silk, Arizona State University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Robert, 1948- author.

Silk, Joan B., author.

Contributor:

Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 446, A-1, G-12, C-6, I-22 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Edition:

Ninth edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]

Summary:

"The gold standard text, with new cutting-edge genetic research 'How Humans Evolved' has long been the #1 text for helping students understand the most exciting research in biological anthropology. In the Ninth Edition, new contributing author Kevin Langergraber makes the discipline's newest frontier - ancient and contemporary DNA research - accessible and relevant for students. Further new coverage of important recent fossil discoveries, modern human behavior, and race ensure the text continues to get students thinking critically about the key developments driving the field today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Prologue : Why study human evolution?

Part One. How Evolution Works

Chapter 1. Adaptation by natural selection

Chapter 2. Genetics

Chapter 3. The modern synthesis

Chapter 4. Speciation and phylogeny

Part Two. Primate Ecology and Behavior

Chapter 5. Primate diversity and ecology

Chapter 6. Primate reproductive strategies

Chapter 7. The evolution of cooperation

Chapter 8. Primate life histories and the evolution of intelligence

Part Three. The History of the Human Lineage

Chapter 9. From tree shrew to ape

Chapter 10. The earliest hominins

Chapter 11. Early Homo and H. erectus (2.6-1 Ma)

Chapter 12. The Neanderthals and their contemporaries

Chapter 13. Homo sapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior

Part Four. Evolution and Modern Humans

Chapter 14. Human genetics and variation

Chapter 15. Evolution and human behavior

Chapter 16. Culture, cooperation, and human uniqueness

Epilogue : There is grandeur in this view of life

Appendix : The skeletal anatomy of primates

Glossary

Credits

Index.

Notes:

"'How Humans Evolved' focuses on the processes that have shaped human evolution. This approach reflects our training and research interests. As anthropologists, we are interested in the evolutionary history of our species, Homo sapiens, and the diversity of contemporary human societies. As evolutionary biologists, we study how evolution works to shape the natural world. In this book, we integrate these two perspectives. We use current theoretical and empirical work in evolutionary theory, population genetics, and behavioral ecology to interpret human evolutionary history. We describe the changes that have occurred as the human lineage has evolved, and we consider why these changes may have happened. We try to give life to the creatures that left the bones and made the artifacts that paleontologists and archaeologists painstakingly excavate by our focus on the processes that generate change, create adaptations, and shape bodies and behavior. We also pay serious attention to the role of evolution in shaping contemporary human behavior. There is considerable controversy over evolutionary approaches to human behavior within the social sciences, but we think it is essential to confront these issues openly and clearly."--taken from Preface, page xiii.

Appendix = page A-1. Glossary = pages G-1 through G-12. Credits = page C-1 through page C-6. Index = pages I-1 through I-22.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Park-Choi Fund for Anthropology Studies.

Other Format:

Online version: Boyd, Robert, 1948- How humans evolved.

ISBN:

9780393427967

039342796X

9780393533156

0393533158

OCLC:

1176325701