Human evolution : our brains and behavior
2016
Book
"This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that occurred with each "transition" in the evolutionary narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780190616786
- 0190616784
Description: 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-397) and index.
Contents:
- What we have to explain
- The bases of primate sociality
- The essential framework
- The first transition: the australopithecines
- The second transition: early Homo
- The third transition: archaic humans
- The fourth transition: modern humans
- How kinship, language and culture came to be
- The fifth transition: the Neolithic and beyond.
LCCN: 2016009401
Control Number: 1997512
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]