Evolution of the genus homo (Addison-Wesley modular program in anthropology)

Howells, W. W.

Addison-Wesley Pub., Co

The Pacific islanders (Peoples of the world series)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Scribner

A study of the patterns of difference among recent human populations

Cranial Variation in Man: A Study by Multivariate Analysis of Patterns of Difference Among Recent Human Populations

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Harvard University Press

The Heathens, originally published in 1948, is a description of many of the world's religions by an anthropologist who had a knack for putting complex concepts in popular terms. Although, to our late 20th century sensibilities, the language may sound demeaning and/or patronizing, in fact, once the reader realizes the book's historical setting, it is clear that the author is a gifted communicator and a skillful popularizer. His descriptions were so respected that in 1962 the book was reprinted by The American Museum of Natural History Library for inclusion in its offerings.

Heathens: Primitive Man and His Religions

History

World

Sheffield Pub Co

Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution

Three individuals left these footprints in East Africa 3.7 million years ago. Walking upright on a human foot, these two adults and a child had crossed a threshold in the long path from vertebrates, mammals, and primates to enter and dominate a new world. They were not alone. Others, related and descended in ways not clear, spread out, flourished, and disappeared: some became people of today. Although we now know a great deal of the story and new information is arriving ever more rapidly, there is still much to be learned about how our ancestors became us. We do know that we arrived not because we were inevitable, but by luck and happenstance along the way. And we know there were other kinds of humans that might be here today but are not. That is what this book is about. Renowned anthropologist, author, and educator William Howells draws together here the latest from all today's sciences to tell the fascinating story of our evolution. Moreover, he puts us in a front row seat to hear his colleagues debate their views and then shows us how to reach our own conclusions. In the end, he provides food for thought about where we are going. Times have changed, but there is no reason to think we have advanced in physical or mental capacity since the Stone Age over 30,000 years ago when we were truly part of nature. Since then, civilization has rewritten the laws of natural selection because we can arrange for nearly all of us to survive, weak and strong alike: still, human evolution will continue in the direction of those with the most surviving offspring.

Anthropology

Paul & Co Pub Consortium

Renowned anthropologist, author, and educator, William Howells, draws together here the latest from all today's sciences to tell the fascinating story of our evolution. Professor Emeritus at Harvard and author of Mankind So Far, The Heathens, Back of History, and Mankind in the Making, all of which have been widely translated, Howells has long been recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities and interpreters of human evolution. He is also known for his unique contribution of skull measurements to show relationships between peoples that are not otherwise evident. In 1992, he received the Charles Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement. His latest edition includes a generous selection of superb illustrations showing fossils, hominids reconstructed, charts of human migrations, and other graphic displays of scientific data. Like many of his earlier books, Getting Here has been widely acclaimed as an introduction to human evolution for the lay reader as well as an outstanding college text.

Whalesback Books

Compass Pr

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