A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Calvin, William H.
Year of Publication: 2002
Number of Pages: 341
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
City: Chicago
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0226092011
Keywords: Acclimatization, Brain, Climate, Evolution, Hominidae, Human beings, Human evolution, Paleoclimatology, Time Factors.
Abstract:
Winner of the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in ScienceMankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abrupt and severe changes to Earth's climate. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing us how such cycles of cool, crash, and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings—and warning us of human activities that could trigger similarly massive shifts in the planet's climate.
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