The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis

The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
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Publisher : Souvenir Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780285639812
ISBN-13 : 0285639811
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis by : Elaine Morgan

Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies: why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control our rate of breathing? The answers point to one conclusion: millions of years ago our ancestors were trapped in a semi-aquatic environment. In presenting her case Elaine Morgan forces scientists to question accepted theories of human evolution.

The Descent of Woman

The Descent of Woman
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:655852373
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Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Descent of Woman by : Elaine MORGAN

The Descent of Woman

The Descent of Woman
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Publisher : Souvenir Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780285639843
ISBN-13 : 0285639846
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Descent of Woman by : Elaine Morgan

'One of the key feminist texts' Guardian The Descent of Woman is a pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution. On its first publication in 1972 it sparked an international debate and became a rallying-point for feminism, changing the terminology of anthropologists forever. Starting with her demolition of the Biblical myth that woman was an afterthought to the creation of man, Elaine Morgan rewrites human history and evolution.

Aquatic Ape Hypothesis The

Aquatic Ape Hypothesis The
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Publisher : Souvenir Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 0285643614
ISBN-13 : 9780285643611
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Aquatic Ape Hypothesis The by : Elaine Morgan

This thought-provoking text presents the Aquatic Ape Theory, with new information, new questions and a wealth of documentary evidence. It is the most persuasive, closely argued case yet offered to explain the mystery of human origins.'

Mothers and Others

Mothers and Others
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780674659957
ISBN-13 : 0674659953
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Mothers and Others by : Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities evolved, and how they have kept us alive for thousands of generations, is the mystery revealed in this bold and wide-ranging new vision of human emotional evolution. Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. If the young were to survive in a world of scarce food, they needed to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends—and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, Sarah Hrdy argues, came the human capacity for understanding others. Mothers and others teach us who will care, and who will not. From its opening vision of “apes on a plane”; to descriptions of baby care among marmosets, chimpanzees, wolves, and lions; to explanations about why men in hunter-gatherer societies hunt together, Mothers and Others is compellingly readable. But it is also an intricately knit argument that ever since the Pleistocene, it has taken a village to raise children—and how that gave our ancient ancestors the first push on the path toward becoming emotionally modern human beings.

Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection

Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 704
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ISBN-10 : 9780226436906
ISBN-13 : 022643690X
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Darwin and the Making of Sexual Selection by : Evelleen Richards

Sexual selection, or the struggle for mates, was of considerable strategic importance to Darwin s theory of evolution as he first outlined it in the "Origin of Species," and later, in the "Descent of Man," it took on a much wider role. There, Darwin s exhaustive elaboration of sexual selection throughout the animal kingdom was directed to substantiating his view that human racial and sexual differences, not just physical differences but certain mental and moral differences, had evolved primarily through the action of sexual selection. It was the culmination of a lifetime of intellectual effort and commitment. Yet even though he argued its validity with a great array of critics, sexual selection went into abeyance with Darwin s death, not to be revived until late in the twentieth century, and even today it remains a controversial theory. In unfurling the history of sexual selection, Evelleen Richards brings to vivid life Darwin the man, not the myth, and the social and intellectual roots of his theory building."

The Descent of the Child

The Descent of the Child
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Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 0140247858
ISBN-13 : 9780140247855
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Descent of the Child by : Elaine Morgan

A new look at evolution from the perspective of the child, from the development of the foetus and the experience of birth, to child rearing, growth and development, and the role of parents. Originally published in 1994 and now available in paperback.

The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 9780393343021
ISBN-13 : 0393343022
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain by : Terrence W. Deacon

"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.

The Story of V

The Story of V
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 0813534550
ISBN-13 : 9780813534558
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Story of V by : Catherine Blackledge

It is the seat of female sexual pleasure, the site of the creation of humankind, and the channel for its birth. Yet we know less about the vagina--its structure and function--than we do about any other organ of the human body. Why?

What Darwin Got Wrong

What Darwin Got Wrong
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Publisher : Profile Books
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781847651907
ISBN-13 : 1847651909
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis What Darwin Got Wrong by : Jerry Fodor

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, a distinguished philosopher and scientist working in tandem, reveal major flaws at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory. They do not deny Darwin's status as an outstanding scientist but question the inferences he drew from his observations. Combining the results of cutting-edge work in experimental biology with crystal-clear philosophical argument they mount a devastating critique of the central tenets of Darwin's account of the origin of species. The logic underlying natural selection is the survival of the fittest under changing environmental pressure. This logic, they argue, is mistaken. They back up the claim with evidence of what actually happens in nature. This is a rare achievement - the short book that is likely to make a great deal of difference to a very large subject. What Darwin Got Wrong will be controversial. The authors' arguments will reverberate through the scientific world. At the very least they will transform the debate about evolution.