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Author : Jane Hainline Underwood
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Variation and Human Microevolution written by Jane Hainline Underwood and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1979 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Milford H. Wolpoff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684810131
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Race and Human Evolution written by Milford H. Wolpoff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and Human Evolution shows how the debate over the "Eve" theory reflects a long history of theories about human origins and race that has been fraught with social and political implications.
Author : Michael P. Muehlenbein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521879485
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Human Evolutionary Biology written by Michael P. Muehlenbein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-29 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging and inclusive text focusing on topics in human evolution and the understanding of modern human variation and adaptability.
Author : Alan G. Fix
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521592062
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Migration and Colonization in Human Microevolution written by Alan G. Fix and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrative approach linking the causes of migration to genetic consequences for human evolution.
Author : Michael P Muehlenbein
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128026936
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Basics in Human Evolution written by Michael P Muehlenbein and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basics in Human Evolution offers a broad view of evolutionary biology and medicine. The book is written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field. From evolutionary theory, to cultural evolution, this book fills gaps in the readers’ knowledge from various backgrounds and introduces them to thought leaders in human evolution research. Offers comprehensive coverage of the wide ranging field of human evolution Written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field Provides expertise from leading minds in the field Allows the reader the ability to gain exposure to various topics in one publication
Author : Theodosius Dobzhansky
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231056328
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (563 download)
Download or read book Human Culture written by Theodosius Dobzhansky and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Molnar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780130336682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Human Variation written by Stephen Molnar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For sophomore/junior-level courses in Human Evolution, Human Diversity, and Evolution, in departments of anthropology or biology. Discarding the concept of race as misleading, this text examines the biological basis for human variation and biological diversity at the population level appropriate because of the many ways in which humans can adapt to environments, organize activities, and regulate breeding behavior. It reviews the history, behavior, and demographic structure of contemporary populations, and their effects on the distribution of major genetic polymorphisms and distinctions of body form, size, and skin color.
Author : Peter J. Richerson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226712133
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Not By Genes Alone written by Peter J. Richerson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-06-20 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth using an incredible variety of tools and subsistence techniques. Our societies are larger, more complex, and more cooperative than any other mammal's. In this stunning exploration of human adaptation, Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd argue that only a Darwinian theory of cultural evolution can explain these unique characteristics. Not by Genes Alone offers a radical interpretation of human evolution, arguing that our ecological dominance and our singular social systems stem from a psychology uniquely adapted to create complex culture. Richerson and Boyd illustrate here that culture is neither superorganic nor the handmaiden of the genes. Rather, it is essential to human adaptation, as much a part of human biology as bipedal locomotion. Drawing on work in the fields of anthropology, political science, sociology, and economics—and building their case with such fascinating examples as kayaks, corporations, clever knots, and yams that require twelve men to carry them—Richerson and Boyd convincingly demonstrate that culture and biology are inextricably linked, and they show us how to think about their interaction in a way that yields a richer understanding of human nature. In abandoning the nature-versus-nurture debate as fundamentally misconceived, Not by Genes Alone is a truly original and groundbreaking theory of the role of culture in evolution and a book to be reckoned with for generations to come. “I continue to be surprised by the number of educated people (many of them biologists) who think that offering explanations for human behavior in terms of culture somehow disproves the suggestion that human behavior can be explained in Darwinian evolutionary terms. Fortunately, we now have a book to which they may be directed for enlightenment . . . . It is a book full of good sense and the kinds of intellectual rigor and clarity of writing that we have come to expect from the Boyd/Richerson stable.”—Robin Dunbar, Nature “Not by Genes Alone is a valuable and very readable synthesis of a still embryonic but very important subject straddling the sciences and humanities.”—E. O. Wilson, Harvard University
Author : James H. Mielke
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195387407
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Human Biological Variation written by James H. Mielke and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores human biological variation in its broadest sense - from the molecular to the physiological and morphological - focusing on the micro-evolutionary analysis of genetic variation among recent human populations. Authoritative yet accessible, Human Biological Variation, SecondEdition, opens with an engaging introduction to basic genetics and the evolutionary forces that set the stage for understanding human diversity. It goes on to offer a clear and detailed discussion of molecular genetics, including its uses and its relationship to anthropological and evolutionarymodels. The text features up-to-date discussions of classic genetic markers (blood groups, enzymes, and proteins) along with extensive background on DNA analysis and coverage of satellite DNA, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and Alu inserts. Coverage includes current issues such as themeaning and significance of "race," quantitative genetics and the "nature versus nurture" debates, biocultural interactions, population structure, and cultural and historical influences on patterns of human variation. Integrating real-world examples on interesting topics - including dyslexia, IQ,and homosexuality - this second edition of Human Biological Variation provides the most thorough and contemporary view of our biological diversity.
Author : Michael P. Muehlenbein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781107253971
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (539 download)
Download or read book Human Evolutionary Biology written by Michael P. Muehlenbein and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging and inclusive text focusing on topics in human evolution and the understanding of modern human variation and adaptability.
Author : Marta Mirazón Lahr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521473934
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity written by Marta Mirazón Lahr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-05-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the two main theories of how and where humans evolved.
Author : G. A. Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Human Biology written by G. A. Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Marks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351514628
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Human Biodiversity written by Jonathan Marks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomies—with a stereotypical humanist answering in the affirmative and a stereotypical scientist answering in the negative. The study of human biology is different from the study of the biology of other species. In the simplest terms, people's lives and welfare may depend upon it, in a sense that they may not depend on the study of other scientific subjects. Where science is used to validate ideas—four out of five scientists preferring a brand of cigarettes or toothpaste—there is a tendency to accept the judgment as authoritative without asking the kinds of questions we might ask of other citizens' pronouncements.
Author : Gregg Braden
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401949339
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Human by Design written by Gregg Braden and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human by Design invites you on a journey beyond Darwin’s theory of evolution, beginning with the fact that we exist as we do, even more empowered, and more connected with ourselves and the world, than scientists have believed possible. In one of the great ironies of the modern world, the science that was expected to solve life’s mysteries has done just the opposite. New discoveries have led to more unanswered questions, created deeper mysteries, and brought us to the brink of forbidden territory when it comes to explaining our origin and existence. These discoveries reveal the following facts: • Fact 1. Our origin —Modern humans appeared suddenly on earth approximately 200,000 years ago, with the advanced brain, nervous system, and capabilities that set them apart from all other known forms of life already developed, rather than having developed slowly and gradually over a long periods of time. • Fact 2. Missing physical evidence —The relationships shown on the conventional tree of human evolution are speculative connections only. While they are believed to exist, a 150-year search has failed to produce the physical evidence that confirms the relationships shown on the evolutionary family tree. • Fact 3. New DNA evidence —The comparison of DNA between ancient Neanderthals, previously thought to be our ancestors, and early humans tells us that we did not descend from the Neanderthals. • Fact 4. A rare DNA fusion —Advanced genome analysis reveals that the DNA that sets us apart from other primates, including in our advanced brain and nervous system, is the result of an ancient and precise fusion of genes occurring in a way that suggests something beyond evolution made our humanness possible. • Fact 5. Our extraordinary abilities —We are born with the capacity to self-heal, to self-regulate longevity, to activate an enhanced immune response, and to experience deep intuition, sympathy, empathy, and, ultimately, compassion —and to do each of these on demand. In this book, New York Times best-selling author and 2017 Templeton Award nominee Gregg Braden crosses the traditional boundaries of science and spirituality to answer the timeless question at the core of our existence —Who are we? —and to reveal science-based techniques that awaken our uniquely human experiences of deep intuition, precognition, advanced states of self-healing, and much more! Beyond any reasonable doubt, Human by Design reveals that we’re not what we’ve been told, and much more than we’ve ever imagined.
Author : G.A. Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Human Biology: an Introduction to Human Evolution, Variation and Growth written by G.A. Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barry Bogin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521564380
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (643 download)
Download or read book Patterns of Human Growth written by Barry Bogin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-06 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised edition of an established text on human growth and development from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective.
Author : Alex Mesoudi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226520455
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Cultural Evolution written by Alex Mesoudi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-07-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there has also been increased interest in the social sciences in how Darwinian theory can explain human culture. Covering a wide range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets, Alex Mesoudi shows that human culture is itself an evolutionary process that exhibits the key Darwinian mechanisms of variation, competition, and inheritance. This cross-disciplinary volume focuses on the ways cultural phenomena can be studied scientifically—from theoretical modeling to lab experiments, archaeological fieldwork to ethnographic studies—and shows how apparently disparate methods can complement one another to the mutual benefit of the various social science disciplines. Along the way, the book reveals how new insights arise from looking at culture from an evolutionary angle. Cultural Evolution provides a thought-provoking argument that Darwinian evolutionary theory can both unify different branches of inquiry and enhance understanding of human behavior.
