The strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution
Tattersall, Ian
"In his new book human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career--from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman--Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey dynasty in Africa, and concluding with the latest astonishing findings in the Caucasus. With tact and humor, Tattersall concludes that we are not the perfected products of natural processes, but instead the result of substantial doses of random happenstance"--
Abstract: From young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman - Ian Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey dynasty in Africa, and concluding with the latest astonishing findings in the Caucasus.
Abstract: From young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman - Ian Tattersall offers an idiosyncratic look at the competitive world of paleoanthropology, beginning with Charles Darwin 150 years ago, and continuing through the Leakey dynasty in Africa, and concluding with the latest astonishing findings in the Caucasus.
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Godina:
2015
Izdanje:
First edition
Izdavač:
St. Martin's Press;Palgrave Macmillan
Jezik:
english
Strane:
244
ISBN 10:
1137278897
ISBN 13:
9781137278890
Fajl:
EPUB, 2.57 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015
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