
How Humans Evolved
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 1. November 2016
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512 pages
978-0-393-61485-5 (ISBN)
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Description
How Humans Evolved teaches the processes that shape human evolution with a unique blend of evolutionary theory, population genetics, and behavioral ecology. The new edition continues to offer the most up-to-date research-in particular, significantly revised coverage of how recent discoveries are shaping our history of human evolution-while now giving you the best tools to engage your students in and out of the classroom.
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Edition
Seventh Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1041 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-61485-5 (9780393614855)
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Robert Boyd | Joan B. Silk
How Humans Evolved
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12/2017
8th Edition
WW Norton & Co
€176.78
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Robert Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory, focusing especially on the evolution of cooperation and the role of culture in human evolution. His book Culture and the Evolutionary Process received the J. I. Staley Prize, and he has also published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. Boyd is currently the Origins Professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Joan B. Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of monkeys and apes, including extended fieldwork on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania and on baboons in Kenya and Botswana. She is also interested in the application of evolutionary thinking to human behavior. She has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. She is currently a professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.