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A Companion to Paleoanthropology
Wiley 2012; US$ 198.50A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe. Represents an accessible... more...
Neanderthals in Wales
Oxbow Books 2012; US$ 45.00The final publication of results of the excavations at Pontnewydd cave in north-east Wales has been eagerly awaited. The site was investigated as part of the Palaeolithic Settlement of Wales Research Programme, which has been responsible for transforming understanding of the nature of human settlement on the very margins of Eurasia by early Neanderthals.... more...
Second Nature
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 50.00Was exchange an early agent of human evolution or is it merely a de novo artifact of modern civilisation? Here, Haim Ofek explores the impact of market forces on human evolution, from the feed-as-you-go strategy typical of primates to the development of agriculture and the domestication of fire. more...
Genetic Nature/Culture
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious?or more fraught with paradox?than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and... more...
The Human Fossil Record
Wiley 2005; US$ 350.00The Human Fossil Record series is the most authoritative and comprehensive documentation of the fossil evidence relevant to the study of our evolutionary past. This second volume covers the craniodental remains from Africa and Asia attributed to the genus Homo. In this monumental and groundbreaking new series, the authors use clearly defined... more...
Prehistory
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 9.99Many of the familiar aspects of modern life are no more than a century or two old, yet our deep social structures and skills were in large measure developed, many millennia ago. This book wonders what the darkest recesses of our past can teach us about our future. more...
Principles of Human Evolution
Wiley 2009; US$ 134.95Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and how these apply to ecological, molecular genetic, paleontological and archeological approaches to important questions in the field, this timely textbook will help students gain... more...
Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 198.00We live in a world surrounded by remarkable cultural achievements of human kind. Almost every day we hear of new innovations in technology, in medicine and in the arts which remind us that humans are capable of remarkable creativity. But what is human creativity? The modern world provides a tiny fraction of cultural diversity and the evidence for human... more...
Women In Human Evolution
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95This volume, the first of it's kind, examines the role of women paleontologists and archaeologists in a field traditionally dominated by men. Women researchers in this field, have questioned many of the assumptions and developmental scenarios advanced by male scientists. As a result of such efforts, women have forged a more central role in models of... more...
In Search of Human Nature
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 42.95Human Nature offers a wide-ranging and holistic view of human nature from all perspectives: scientific, historical, and sociological. Mary Clark takes the most recent data from a dozen or more fields, and works it together with clarifying anecdotes and thought-provoking images to challenge conventional Western beliefs with hopeful new insights. Balancing... more...









