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Becoming Human: Evolution & Human Uniqueness Ian Tattersall, Very Good Paperback
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- Book Title
- Becoming Human : Evolution and Human Uniqueness
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- 1999
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- English
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- Sociology / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Anthropology / General, Paleontology
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- Number of Pages
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In Becoming Human, noted anthropologist and renaissance man Ian Tattersall explores what makes us uniquely human, the qualities that set us apart from our ancestors, and the significance of our knowledge. A worldwide tour of discovery, Tattersall takes the reader from 30,000-year-old cave paintings in France and anthropological digs in Africa, to examining human behavior in a New York restaurant. And by offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of where humankind evolved, how Darwin's theories have changed, and what we reliably know about modern-day human's capacity for love, language, and thought. Widely praised in the media, and an Amazon.com Top-10 bestseller, Becoming Human is an amazing trip into the past and into the future.
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HarperCollins
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0156006537
ISBN-13
9780156006538
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Book Title
Becoming Human : Evolution and Human Uniqueness
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Sociology / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Anthropology / General, Paleontology
Genre
Architecture, Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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"In this superbly written book, Ian Tattersall combines his unique knowledge of the human fossil record, Paleolithic archaeology, primate behavior, prehistoric art, as well as the workings of the human brain and our extraordinary cognitive powers, to offer a convincing scenario of how we have come to hold dominion over the earth."--Donald Johanson (author of From Lucy to Language) in Scientific American "An ambitious effort . . . Tattersall meets the challenge commendably."--The San Diego Union-Tribune "Although many popular anthropological accounts of the human species have been written, few are as engaging as that of Ian Tattersall."--Natural History, Monogamy. Bipedalism. Tools. Language. Intelligence. Why on Earth did we develop all those tricks? Though it's trendy to diminish the differences between humans and other species, most of us just can't help noticing our often-striking peculiarities and wondering how they arose. Paleontologist Ian Tattersall's story of human origins is as compelling as a well-designed museum exhibit--no surprise, as he is Curator of Anthropology for the American Museum of Natural History. His prose, while not flashy, is satisfyingly clear and unapologetically fascinated with its topic. Covering genetics, evolutionary theory, primate anatomy, and archaeology, Becoming Human explains how and why our ancestors adapted to their surroundings to produce such clever, talented, immodest progeny. If you find it preposterous that a dumb, skinny ape can go from foraging for fruit and fleeing from lions to splitting the atom and solving Rubik's cube in just five million years, this book might change your mind., "In this superbly written book, Ian Tattersall combines his unique knowledge of the human fossil record, Paleolithic archaeology, primate behavior, prehistoric art, as well as the workings of the human brain and our extraordinary cognitive powers, to offer a convincing scenario of how we have come to hold dominion over the earth."-Donald Johanson (author of From Lucy to Language) in Scientific American "An ambitious effort . . . Tattersall meets the challenge commendably."-The San Diego Union-Tribune "Although many popular anthropological accounts of the human species have been written, few are as engaging as that of Ian Tattersall."-Natural History, "In this superbly written book, Ian Tattersall combines his unique knowledge of the human fossil record, Paleolithic archaeology, primate behavior, prehistoric art, as well as the workings of the human brain and our extraordinary cognitive powers, to offer a convincing scenario of how we have come to hold dominion over the earth."--Donald Johanson (author of From Lucy to Language) in Scientific American "An ambitious effort . . . Tattersall meets the challenge commendably."--The San Diego Union-Tribune "Although many popular anthropological accounts of the human species have been written, few are as engaging as that of Ian Tattersall."--Natural History --, What defining characteristic, if any, separates us from the rest of creation? Many books on human evolution (from Teilhard de Chardin's The Phenomenon of Man to Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct and beyond) have sought the holy grail of a defining characteristic for the species. Here, Tattersall (The Last Neanderthal, etc.), curator in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us through the gradual development, over millions of years and countless refinements, of Homo sapiens, often consulting the fossil record for corroboration of the innovations he takes to be significant. Tattersall makes it perfectly clear that he doubts studies suggesting that chimpanzees, using American Sign Language, can communicate with humans to any meaningful degree'thus preserving verbal language as a candidate. He presents himself throughout as a man of strongly held opinions, confident that the "out of Africa" model of human evolution is far superior to the "multi-regional" hypothesis, that Neanderthals could not speak as we do and that "punctuated equilibrium" (the theory that isolated genetic innovation is followed by a spread throughout a population) should become the new evolutionary paradigm. The evidence presented for such beliefs, however, is rarely gone into in enough detail for readers' scales to balance on their own. Ultimately, and unsurprisingly, Tattersall considers symbolic thought (as "epitomized by our linguistic abilities") as the best candidate for the attribute that sets us apart from other species. Although Tattersall provides some moving descriptions of early cave art and other human endeavors, he is less successful at producing a volume that stands out in a crowded field.
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599.9/38
Copyright Date
1998
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