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The Origins of Humankind

Stephen Tomkins author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:23rd Jul '98

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A concise account of human evolution for advanced school and first year university students.

A concise account of human evolution for advanced school and first year university students, Origins of Humankind covers evolutionary theory, the primates, the human fossil story, the cultural evolution of humans and the origins of agriculture and civilisation.The Origins of Humankind gives a concise account of human evolution. It covers evolutionary theory, the primates, the human fossil story, the cultural evolution of humans and the origins of agriculture and civilisation. It begins with an account of the development of ideas about evolution, from pre-Darwinian theories through to the study of molecular evolution, and goes on to give detailed explanations of the physical and evolutionary stages leading to Homo sapiens.

ISBN: 9780521466769

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm

Weight: 220g

146 pages