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Evolutionary history : uniting history and biology to understand life on Earth /
"This book introduces a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in environment and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book introduces a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past"-- "We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evolutionary history, a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past than either can produce on its own. Evolutionary history can stimulate surprising new hypotheses for any field of history and evolutionary biology. How many art historians would have guessed that sculpture encouraged the evolution of tuskless elephants? How many biologists would have predicted that human poverty would accelerate animal evolution? How many military historians would have suspected that plant evolution would convert a counter-insurgency strategy into a rebel subsidy? With examples from around the globe, this book will help readers see the broadest patterns of history and the details of their own life in a new light"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511992926 0511992920 9780511990922 0511990928 9780511989131 051198913X 9780511974267 0511974264 1107216761 9781107216761 0511994125 9780511994128 1283055465 9781283055468 9786613055460 6613055468 0511991924 9780511991929 |