How humans evolved

by Boyd, Robert,, Ph. D. Silk, Joan B.

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Full title :How humans evolved / Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk

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Publication Date:©2009
Edition:5. edition

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Publisher(s):W.W. Norton
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 474, A39 s. : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; : 28 cm

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ISBN:9780393932713, 0393932710
oclc:ocn474790084
LC Classification:GN281
Dewey Decimal:599.93 8

Part I: How Evolution Work -- 1. Adaptation by Natural Selection -- 2. Genetics 3. The Modern Synthesis -- 4. Speciation and Phylogeny -- Part II: Primate Ecology and Behavior -- 5. Primate Diversity and Ecology -- 6. Primate Mating Systems -- 7. Evolution of Cooperation -- 8. Primate Life Histories and the Evolution of Intelligence -- Part III: The History of the Human Lineage -- 9. From Tree Shrew to Ape -- 10. From Hominoid to Hominin -- 11. Oldowan Toolmakers and the Origin of Human Life History -- 12. From Hominin to Homo. 13. Homo sapiens and the Evolution of Modern Human Behavior -- Part IV: Evolution and Modern Humans -- 14. Human Genetic Variation -- Chapter 15: Evolution and Human Behavior -- Chapter 16: Human Mate Choice and Parenting.