Becoming Human

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-286214-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about our origins. Here, Ian Tattersall discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of the characteristics and processes that distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness.

One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about the origins of our species. Here, Ian Tattersall discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of the characteristics and processes that so clearly distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness. Taking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cave paintings, in Africa to see where our earliest ancestors left their bones, and in remote forests to spy on our closest living relatives, the great apes, Tattersall uncovers what it is that makes us really different and what the future might hold for our species.

Prologue. The creative explosion. The brain and intelligence: Humans and apes. Evolution for what?. Starting out. Becoming human. Being human. Postscript. Further reading

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tattersall, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politik: Sachbuch, Politikerveröffentlichungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie

Über Autor(innen)

Curator at the Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, in New York City