The Human Story: A New History of Mankind's Evolution
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Dunbar, Robin
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of Pages: 216
Publisher: Faber and Faber
City: London
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0571191339
Keywords: Art, big brains, bipedal gait, Culture, Fossil hominids, Human beings, human nature, Music, opposable thumbs, plantigrade foot, Reason, Religion, Speech, tool use, Variation.
Abstract:
An account of the latest thinking on human evolution, by ?one of the most respected evolutionary psychologists in Britain?. For scientists studying evolution, the past decade has seen astonishing advances across many disciplines - discoveries which have revolutionised scientific thinking and turned upside down our understanding of who we are. The Human Story brings together these threads of research in genetics, behaviour and psychology to provide an understanding of just what it is that makes us human. Robin Dunbar looks in particular at how the human mind has evolved, and draws on his own research during the last five years into the deep psychological and biological bases of music and religion.
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