Around 60,000 years ago, a man, genetically identical to us, lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern…
A series of essays taking an anti-Darwinian, though not creationist, stance.
This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture…
De mens is meer dan alleen zijn lichaam. Er is ook iets dat zich ophoudt in, of achter dat lijf. De hamvraag van dit boek luidt: wat is dat 'iets'? Wat maakt de mens tot mens? En hoe onderscheidt hij zich van de rest van het dierenrijk? Bestaat er inderdaad zoiets als een ziel, …
Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
