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Man the hunted : primates, predators, and human evolution /

"Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors' studies of predators on monkeys and apes are supplemented he...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hart, Donna
Other Authors: Sussman, Robert W., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, CO : Philadelphia, PA : Westview Press ; Perseus Books Group [distributor], c2009.
Edition:Expanded pbk. ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Just another item on the menu
  • Debunking "man the hunter"
  • Who's eating whom?
  • Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
  • Coursing hyenas and hungry dogs
  • Missionary position
  • Terror from the sky
  • We weren't just waiting around to be eaten!
  • Gentle savage or bloodthirsty brute?
  • Man the hunted
  • The last word.