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From primitives to primates : a history of ethnographic and primatological analogies in the study of prehistory /

Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Reybrouck, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian scholars were keen to look at contemporary Australian and Tasmanian aboriginals to understand the enigmatic Neanderthal fossils. Likewise, today's primatologists debate to what extent bonobos, baboons or chimps may be regarded as stand-ins for early human ancestors. The belief that the contemporary.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed June 26, 2013).
Behavioural ecology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (373 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789088901287
9088901287