How humans evolved

by Boyd, Robert

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Title Statements

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018
Edition:8th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Norton & Co
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (p. var.) : : il.col. y n. ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780393603453, 0393603458, 9780393533156, 0393533158
oclc:on1041108565
LC Classification:GN281

Part one : How evolution works. Adaptation by natural selection -- Genetics -- The modern synthesis -- Speciation and phylogeny -- Part two : Primate ecology and behavior. Primate diversity and ecology -- Primate mating systems -- The evolution of cooperation -- Primate life histories and the evolution of intelligence -- Part three : The history of the human lineage. From tree shrew to ape -- The earliest hominins -- Early Homo and H. erectus -- The neanderthals and their contemporaries -- Homo sapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior -- Part four : Evolution and modern humans. Human genetics and variation -- Evolution and human behavior -- Culture, cooperation, and human uniqueness.