ISBN:
9781108554060
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (366 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
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Kurzfassung:
Using an explicitly scientific and comparative approach, The Unstoppable Human Species critically examines 'archaeological mythology' about prehistoric humans. Written in clear and engaging language, this book offers an original and thought-provoking perspective on human evolution. It explains how early humans evolved and settled the world.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- An Unstoppable Species? -- What Is This Book About? -- Why Is This Subject Important? -- For Whom Is This Book Intended? -- How Does This Book Differ from Others? -- Population Movements -- Dispersal -- Migration -- Transhumance -- Mixed Dispersals and Migrations -- Questions about Human Evolution: Who, How, and Why -- ''Who Questions'' -- ''How Questions'' -- Differences between Who and How Questions -- ''Why Questions'' -- Explaining the Past -- Narrative Approaches -- Comparative Approach -- How this Book is Organized -- Chapter 2 Hard Evidence -- Time: Geochronology -- Stratigraphic Dating -- Geochronometric Dating -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Radiopotassium Dating -- Uranium-Series Dating -- Trapped Electron Dating Methods (TL, ESR, OSL) -- Geochronology and ''Who Questions'' -- Chronostratigraphy: Dividing Time -- Geological Epochs -- Marine Isotope Stages -- Biostratigraphy and Cultural Periodization -- Proposed Dates Are Hypotheses -- Fossils: Paleontology and Zooarchaeology -- Describing Fossils -- Taphonomy -- Tool Marks versus Tooth Marks on Bone -- Coprolites -- Artifacts: Archaeology -- Stone Tools -- Archaeologists' Names for Stone Tools -- Stone Tools, ''Modes,'' and Prehistoric Dispersals -- Ceramics -- Artifacts Made of Wood, Cordage, Bone, and Shell -- Genes: Molecular Anthropology -- Haplogroups -- ''For'' Genes -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Who are These People? -- Humans as Primates -- Hominins -- Genus Homo -- Humans (Homo sapiens) -- How do Humans Differ from Other Animals? -- Population Size -- Ecological Range -- Environmental Regulation -- Global Impact -- Cognition, Communication, and Intelligence -- Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing.
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