`Though Man lacks the historical depth of other more stable species, it is also the case that our rate of development has been rapid: our brains have tripled in size within record 3 million years. However it is the acquisition of a collection of social and cultural traits that are used as a unique means of adaptation - as the basis for a new way of life - that is the most extraordinary aspect of our evolution' - Introduction . Subtitled `The origins of human nature', Megarry argues that while social behavior is biologically grounded, it is not biologically determined, and that culture is a significant formative agent in the evolutionary emergence of modern humans. `Megarry's lucid and authoritative book... offers an excellent account of the revolution in our understanding of human origins in recent decades' - Paul Hirst, Birkbeck College, London .

Society in Prehistory

History

Megarry, Tim

Ancient Civilizations

Macmillan Distribution Ltd.

From Caves to Capitalism

This ambitous and exciting text offers a major introduction to pre-industrial society and industrialisation in the context of world history, aiming to explore the range and variety of societies and behaviour that can usefully be studied by social scientists and to trace the antecedents of industrialisation. Encompassing a fascinating spectrum of debates and illustrative examples drawn both from the Western and non-Western worlds, the focus on social structure, cultural variety and the dynamics of social change makes this an intriguing and important study in historical and comparative sociology.

Business & Money

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Reveals a profound understanding of evolutionary biology, and an excellent up-to-date knowledge of human evolution studies.  It is not only very well done, but...it is written from a novel point of view. It needs to be very widely read and I hope that it will be. Megarry is doing his subject a great service.--Bernard Campbell University of California Social scientists have tended to neglect prehistory in their approach to human societies. Tim Megarry's lucid and authoritative book remedies this neglect. It will be of great value to students of anthropology, psychology, and sociology.--Paul HirstBirkbeck College, University of London Stressing the importance of culture as a formative agent in the evolutionary emergence of modern humans, Society in Prehistory provides an impressive, interdisciplinary, and deeply informed survey of prehistory. Individual chapters focus on culture and evolution; biology and culture; primate societies; the first hominids; tools and culture; the economics of foraging; modern humans and human behavior; sex and the division of labor; and sexuality and social life. The book reveals that, while social behavior is biologically grounded, it is not biologically determined.

Society in Prehistory: The Origins of Human Culture

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Diane Pub Co.

Reveals a profound understanding of evolutionary biology, and an excellent up-to-date knowledge of human evolution studies. It is not only very well done, but...it is written from a novel point of view. It needs to be very widely read and I hope that it will be. Megarry is doing his subject a great service. --Bernard Campbell University of California Social scientists have tended to neglect prehistory in their approach to human societies. Tim Megarry's lucid and authoritative book remedies this neglect. It will be of great value to students of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. --Paul HirstBirkbeck College, University of London Stressing the importance of culture as a formative agent in the evolutionary emergence of modern humans, Society in Prehistory provides an impressive, interdisciplinary, and deeply informed survey of prehistory. Individual chapters focus on culture and evolution; biology and culture; primate societies; the first hominids; tools and culture; the economics of foraging; modern humans and human behavior; sex and the division of labor; and sexuality and social life. The book reveals that, while social behavior is biologically grounded, it is not biologically determined.

NYU Press

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