How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies by Read, Dwight W.

How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781598745887)

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How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies by Read, Dwight W.

How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies

$190.00
How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies by Read, Dwight W.

How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies

$190.00
Format: Hardcover
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What separates modern humans from our primate cousins--are we a mere blink in the march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight Read explores the dilemma in this engaging, thought-provoking book, taking readers through an evolutionary odyssey from our primate beginnings through the development of culture and social organization. He assesses the two major trends in this field: one that sees us as a logical culmination of primate evolution, arguing that the rudiments of culture exist in primates and even magpies, and another that views the human transition as so radical that the primate model provides no foundation for understanding human dynamics. Expertly synthesizing a wide body of evidence from the anthropological and life sciences in accessible prose, Read's book will interest a broad readership from experts to undergraduate students and the general public.

Author: Dwight W. Read
ISBN-10: 1598745883
ISBN-13: 9781598745887
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2011
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d

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Choice 07/01/2012
By Dwight W. Read
By Dwight W. Read
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Dwight W. Read is Professor of Anthropology and Statistics at UCLA. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recognized expert in quantitative archaeology. He has written over 100 articles on theory, analytic methods, kinship, computer applications, biological anthropology, and field projects from California to the Kalahari, and is author of Artifact Classification (2007).

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