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Apes and human evolution /

In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. This encyclopedic v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tuttle, Russell H., 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution
  • Apes in space
  • Apes in time
  • Taproot and branches of our family tree
  • Apes in motion
  • Several ways to achieve erection
  • Hungry and sleepy apes
  • Hunting apes and mutualism
  • Handy apes
  • Mental apes
  • Social, antisocial, and sexual apes
  • Communicative apes
  • Language, culture, ideology, spirituality, and morality.