Becoming Human

Evolution and Human Uniqueness
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-286214-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about the origins of our species. In this new paperback, Ian Tattersall (author of The Fossil Trail) discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of those characteristics and processes that so clearly distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness. Taking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cave paintings, in Africa to see where our earliest ancestors left their bones, and in remote forests to spy on our closest living relatives, the great apes, Tattersall uncovers what it is that makes us really different and what the future might hold for our species.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tattersall, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politik: Sachbuch, Politikerveröffentlichungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Prologue

- The creative explosion

- The brain and intelligence: Humans and apes

- Evolution for what?

- Starting out

- Becoming human

- Being human

- Postscript

- Further reading

Über Autor(innen)

Curator at the Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, in New York City