Human Evolution: An Introduction for the Behavioural Sciences
Author:   Graham Richards (Emeritus Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   10
ISBN:  

9780367259914


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   21 June 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Originally published in 1987, Human Evolution looks at theories of the evolution of human behaviour (contemporary at the time of publication). The book reviews competing theories of psychological and social evolution and provides a detailed historical introduction to the subject. A key theoretical concern which emerges in the book includes the psychological significance of the human evolution issue itself. The period of human evolution covered ranges from the demise of the Miocene hominoids, to the emergence of ‘civilization’. Topics covered include: functions of ‘origin myths’, history of the study of human evolution, methods and data-bases, theories of the nature of ‘hominisation’, origins of bipedalism, language and tool-use, theories of social evolution, theories of cave art and the spread of Homo sapiens to America and Australia.

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Author:   Graham Richards (Emeritus Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   10
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367259914


ISBN 10:   0367259915
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   21 June 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Nature of the Problem 2. Linnaeus to the Leakeys 3. Methods and Data-Bases 4. Brains and Sex, Meat and Reasons 5. Genes and Culture, Kindness and Speech 6. From Erectus to Sapiens Appendix A: Principal pre-Modern Hominid Fossils Appendix B: Development of the Hominid Jaw Appendix C: Hominid Genealogy – Seventy-Two Possibilities Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

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