Human Evolution and Prehistory

by Haviland, William A.

• ISBN13: 9780155067233
• ISBN10: 0155067230
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-19
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive and balanced presentation on views of the human evolution and prehistory. It focuses on selected aspects of physical anthropology and prehistoric archaeology as they relate to the origin of humanity, the origin of culture, and the development of human biological and cultural diversity. Haviland's commitment to challenging student ethnocentrism is continued and reinforced in this new edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Putting the World in Perspective	p. xxii
The Study of Humankind	p. 2
The Nature of Anthropology	p. 4
Methods of Studying the Human Past	p. 32
Biology and Evolution	p. 58
Primate Evolution and the Emergence of the Hominines	p. 86
Monkeys, Apes, and Humans: The Modern Primates	p. 88
Macroevolution and the Early Primates	p. 118
The Earliest Hominines	p. 144
Evolution of the Genus Homo and the Development of Early Human Culture	p. 168
Homo habilis and Cultural Origins	p. 170
Homo erectus and the Emergence of Hunting and Gathering	p. 192
Archaic Homo sapiens and the Middle Paleolithic	p. 216
Homo sapiens and the Upper Paleolithic	p. 240
Human Biological and Cultural Evolution Since the Old Stone Age	p. 266
Cultivation and Domestication	p. 268
The Rise of Cities and Civilization	p. 300
Modern Human Diversity	p. 330
Glossary	p. 361
Bibliography	p. 366
Photo Credits	p. 372
Literary Credits	p. 374
Index	p. 375
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