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Urszenen des Medialen
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Mediengeschichte existiert seit bald einem Jahrhundert. Die meiste Zeit wurde sie als Geschichte von technischen Innovationen betrieben: der Schrift, des Buchdrucks, der Fotografie, des Films, des Radios, dann der elektronischen Medien. Die Autoren des vorliegende Buchs suchen einen anderen Zugang: Sie fragen weniger danach, was... more...
Deutschland, öffne dich!
Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung 2013; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Ohne Zuwanderung würde die Bevölkerung in Deutschland in den nächsten Jahrzehnten dramatisch schrumpfen. Migration ist die andere Seite des Zusammenwachsens der Länder in Europa und in der Welt. Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten bunter und vielfältiger geworden und braucht weitere Zuwanderer. In diesem Kontext stellen... more...
Cro-Magnon
Konrad Theiss Verlag 2012; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Cro-Magnon - das sind wir! Bittere Kälte, kaum Nahrung, furchterregende Raubtiere: Unsere Vorfahren, die Cro-Magnon-Menschen, waren in der Eiszeit einer lebensfeindlichen Wildnis ausgeliefert. Jäger und Gejagte in einem gnadenlosen Überlebenskampf, schufen sie dennoch Kunstwerke wie die Höhlenzeichnungen von Lascaux und die Venus... more...
Embodied Progress
Routledge 1997; US$ 51.95This book offers a unique perspective on the cultural dimensions of assisted conception techniques such as IVF. It looks at experiences of those who undergo the treatment and asks how such experiences may be variously understood. more...
Human Biologists in the Archives
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 64.00In this book, the 'field' is not an exotic locale but the sometimes dusty back rooms of libraries, archives and museums. These largely untapped resources however reveal how the study of human biology through historical documents can expand the horizons of anthropological resarch. more...
Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 46.00Our earliest human ancestors grew more like modern apes than present-day humans. When, how and why did our modern pattern evolve, therefore? This book, covering growth patterns in Plio-Pleistocene adults and juveniles, including Homo antecessor, provides a rich data source for future research. more...
Unknown Boundaries
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 22.00The last twenty years have seen a resurgence of interest in human evolution. A distinction can be made between 'narrow' and 'broad' human evolution and is discussed here using two different approaches: finding where humans 'fit' the expectations of evolutiionary principles; and by applying evolutionary methods to particular human contexts. more...
Encyclopaedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 310.00Praise for the first edition: "The most up-to-date and wide-ranging encyclopedia work on human evolution available."--American Reference Books Annual "For student, researcher, and teacher...the most complete source of basic information on the subject."--Nature "A comprehensive and authoritative source, filling a unique niche...essential to academic... more...
Human Evolution
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 85.00This work focuses on the controversies surrounding the search for the origins of the human race. Chronologically and geographically organized, it progresses region by region, beginning with the 19th century. more...
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds
Springer 2006; US$ 169.99In March of 2003, a symposium was convened in Kyoto on Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds. This book is the result of that symposium, and includes a set of papers on topics such as hominid evolution, dispersal and morphology, and the origins of bipedalism. more...









