Human evolution and prehistory
By: William A. Haviland, Gary W. Crawford
Contributors: Crawford, Gary W.
Edition: 2nd Canadian ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education; Nelson College Indigenous
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780176102807
Subjects: Anthropologie physique; Ethnology; Homme prehistorique; Textbooks; Physical anthropology; Prehistoric peoples; Manuels d'enseignement superior; Evolution; Manuels d'enseignement superieur; Human evolution; Primates; Archeologie; Archaeology; Ethnologie; Homme
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-420) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The study of humankind. The nature of anthropology; title: Methods of studying the human past; title: Biology and evolution.; title: pt. 2. Primate evolution and the emergence of the hominins. Monkeys, apes, and humans : the modern primates; title: The early primates; title: The first bipeds.; title: pt. 3. Evolution of the genus Homo and the development of early human culture. Homo habilis and cultural origins; title: Homo erectus and the emergence of hunting and gathering; title: Homo heidelbergensis, Neandertals, and the Middle Palaeolithic; title: Homo sapiens and the Upper Palaeolithic.; title: pt. 4. Human biological and cultural evolution since the Old Stone Age. Cultivation and domestication; title: The rise of cities and civilization; title: Modern human diversity.