A story of us : a new look at human evolution / Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newson, Lesley, author.

Richerson, Peter J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 329 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Changes in the environment drive evolution, and evidence suggests that our ancestors evolved to use cultural adaptations to survive environmental fluctuations of great severity. In 'A Story of Us', Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson explain the evidence and ideas that provide an account of how they coped, using short descriptive stories to illustrate life at different stages of our evolutionary history.

Contents:

Getting Beyond the Apemen

Ape Ancestor (About Seven Million Years Ago)

Apes That Walked Upright (About Three Million Years Ago)

Early Humans (About 1.5 Million Years Ago)

Humans Like Us (About 100,000 Years Ago)

Ice Age Humans (30,000 Years Ago)

Building Today’s World

Another Transformation: Modern Times.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 27, 2021).

Also issued in print: 2021.

ISBN:

9780190883218

0-19-755482-2

0-19-088321-9

0-19-088322-7

OCLC:

1178869951