ISBN:
0521147239
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0521197708
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9780521147231
,
9780521197700
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 422 p)
,
ill. (some col.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Climate Connection : Climate Change and Modern Human Evolution
DDC:
304.25
Keywords:
Human evolution
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Human beings Climatic factors
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Climatic changes
;
Mensch
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Analysis of climate change and human evolution, migration and behavioural change and implications for our future
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The climate connection; 1.2 Earth's changing climate; 1.3 Climate and humans; 1.4 Climate and species dominance; 1.5 What can be learned from evolutionary history?; 1.6 Back to the future; Notes; Part I: Early human history; 2 From ape to human: the emergence of hominins; 3 Human behavioural evolution; 4 The migrations and diaspora of Homo; Part II: Climate during the last glacial cycle; 5 Climate change over the last 135 000 years
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The effect of 135 000 years of changing climate on the global landscapePart III: The interaction between climate and humans; 7 The interaction between climate and humans; 8 Climate and agriculture; 9 Climate and our future; Appendices: The biological background to the story of evolution; Appendix A: Evolutionary theory; Appendix B: Developmental evolution; Appendix C: Human adaptability: the physiological foundation; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750397
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