Author: Steve Preston
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544657356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In this book we will investigate how "erectus" got here, what he was like, how he fits into the real timeline of human development, the strangeness of Bonobo and Chimpanzee, and how the Erectus fits in with the discovery of giant men walking with dinosaurs and that whole mess. We will travel with them as they are modified and we will review many texts that describe how that came about. You were told about the variants of Neanderthal, but you were not told about the relationship of Erectus to this anomaly of a man and how Homo-Neanderthalis discredits that whole "Out of Africa" theory that tied up human evolution into a neat little bow. If that omission is OK with you, I would suggest you not read this book. If you yearn for truth, I think you will be surprised by what scientists tell us about DNA, evolution, and how we got here. Don't get me wrong, there are many studies out there and it seems like many contradict each other, but more and more they are converging on a more probable history. What you probably learned in school was something called the "Out of Africa" development of mankind so we had better look at this theory that Homo-Erectus popped out a couple million years ago [100-thousand years ago by more accurate timing] and populated the world. Before you think it's going to be an easy road you will find it is not that straight-line evolution you're reading about. Most human types simply vanished. After the Pleistocene Extinction a massive explosion of mutation occurred in man with a second one 5500 years ago, according to Haplotype scientists.. Many times these mutation points are ignored in our classrooms making man's development seem fanciful and suspicious.
Homo Erectus As a Man
Author: Steve Preston
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544657356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In this book we will investigate how "erectus" got here, what he was like, how he fits into the real timeline of human development, the strangeness of Bonobo and Chimpanzee, and how the Erectus fits in with the discovery of giant men walking with dinosaurs and that whole mess. We will travel with them as they are modified and we will review many texts that describe how that came about. You were told about the variants of Neanderthal, but you were not told about the relationship of Erectus to this anomaly of a man and how Homo-Neanderthalis discredits that whole "Out of Africa" theory that tied up human evolution into a neat little bow. If that omission is OK with you, I would suggest you not read this book. If you yearn for truth, I think you will be surprised by what scientists tell us about DNA, evolution, and how we got here. Don't get me wrong, there are many studies out there and it seems like many contradict each other, but more and more they are converging on a more probable history. What you probably learned in school was something called the "Out of Africa" development of mankind so we had better look at this theory that Homo-Erectus popped out a couple million years ago [100-thousand years ago by more accurate timing] and populated the world. Before you think it's going to be an easy road you will find it is not that straight-line evolution you're reading about. Most human types simply vanished. After the Pleistocene Extinction a massive explosion of mutation occurred in man with a second one 5500 years ago, according to Haplotype scientists.. Many times these mutation points are ignored in our classrooms making man's development seem fanciful and suspicious.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781544657356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In this book we will investigate how "erectus" got here, what he was like, how he fits into the real timeline of human development, the strangeness of Bonobo and Chimpanzee, and how the Erectus fits in with the discovery of giant men walking with dinosaurs and that whole mess. We will travel with them as they are modified and we will review many texts that describe how that came about. You were told about the variants of Neanderthal, but you were not told about the relationship of Erectus to this anomaly of a man and how Homo-Neanderthalis discredits that whole "Out of Africa" theory that tied up human evolution into a neat little bow. If that omission is OK with you, I would suggest you not read this book. If you yearn for truth, I think you will be surprised by what scientists tell us about DNA, evolution, and how we got here. Don't get me wrong, there are many studies out there and it seems like many contradict each other, but more and more they are converging on a more probable history. What you probably learned in school was something called the "Out of Africa" development of mankind so we had better look at this theory that Homo-Erectus popped out a couple million years ago [100-thousand years ago by more accurate timing] and populated the world. Before you think it's going to be an easy road you will find it is not that straight-line evolution you're reading about. Most human types simply vanished. After the Pleistocene Extinction a massive explosion of mutation occurred in man with a second one 5500 years ago, according to Haplotype scientists.. Many times these mutation points are ignored in our classrooms making man's development seem fanciful and suspicious.
The History of Our Tribe
Author: Barbara Welker
Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks
ISBN: 9781942341413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The Evolution of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.
Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks
ISBN: 9781942341413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The Evolution of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.
How Language Began
Author: Daniel L. Everett
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1631496263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.” — Edward O. Wilson At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1631496263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.” — Edward O. Wilson At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review
Human Evolution
Author: Bernard A. Wood
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198831749
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. New fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past; the new science of ancient DNA is completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. Bernard Wood traces the field of palaeoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the present.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198831749
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. New fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past; the new science of ancient DNA is completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. Bernard Wood traces the field of palaeoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the present.
Human Evolution and Male Aggression
Author:
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Nariokotome Homo Erectus Skeleton
Author: Alan Walker
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674600751
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The discovery of the Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton, a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology, is fully documented in this book. Beautifully illustrated, it takes us into the field and the laboratory, and into the far reaches of prehistory, to show us what the fossilized remains of a young boy can tell us about our beginnings.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674600751
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The discovery of the Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton, a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology, is fully documented in this book. Beautifully illustrated, it takes us into the field and the laboratory, and into the far reaches of prehistory, to show us what the fossilized remains of a young boy can tell us about our beginnings.
Eugène Dubois and the Ape-Man from Java
Author: L.T. Theunissen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400922094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Although the name Pithecanthropus is now seldom used, there are few who study the origin of our species who will fail to recognise the historical place of the usage and its association with Eugene Dubois. During the last thirty or forty years, Australopithecus and its African context has tended to draw attention from the early work on our origins in Java. It is now increasingly common to hear the term 'pithecanthropine' used only to indicate the Asian or Far Eastern examples of Homo erectus which, although probably derived from African ancestry, have some features that in the opinion of some experts may justify their being considered distinctive. This discussion is not within the pages that follow which deal extensively with the work of Eugene Dubois. He was an extraordinary man who did as much as any person since to put the great antiquity of our ancestors firmly in the public domain. Dubois became involved with the study of human origins from a medical and anatomical background as have many since. The jealousies and professional pressures that we think of as a phenomenon of the post-war years were clearly a major factor in deciding the future of his career.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400922094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Although the name Pithecanthropus is now seldom used, there are few who study the origin of our species who will fail to recognise the historical place of the usage and its association with Eugene Dubois. During the last thirty or forty years, Australopithecus and its African context has tended to draw attention from the early work on our origins in Java. It is now increasingly common to hear the term 'pithecanthropine' used only to indicate the Asian or Far Eastern examples of Homo erectus which, although probably derived from African ancestry, have some features that in the opinion of some experts may justify their being considered distinctive. This discussion is not within the pages that follow which deal extensively with the work of Eugene Dubois. He was an extraordinary man who did as much as any person since to put the great antiquity of our ancestors firmly in the public domain. Dubois became involved with the study of human origins from a medical and anatomical background as have many since. The jealousies and professional pressures that we think of as a phenomenon of the post-war years were clearly a major factor in deciding the future of his career.
Bones of Contention
Author: Marvin L. Lubenow
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 0801065232
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
While evolutionists point to every new discovery of humanlike fossils as further evidence to support the theory that people evolved from apelike creatures, Marvin L. Lubenow contends that the fossils do more to disprove evolutionary theory than otherwise. In Bones of Contention, Lubenow offers readers of all backgrounds a readable argument for the creationist view of the origins of humankind that addresses all angles of the issue.In this new edition, Lubenow has thoroughly updated and revised his original material to reflect a dozen years of evolutionist theory and modern paleoanthropology. Scholars and laypeople alike will find solid answers, grounded in research, to all of their tough questions.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 0801065232
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
While evolutionists point to every new discovery of humanlike fossils as further evidence to support the theory that people evolved from apelike creatures, Marvin L. Lubenow contends that the fossils do more to disprove evolutionary theory than otherwise. In Bones of Contention, Lubenow offers readers of all backgrounds a readable argument for the creationist view of the origins of humankind that addresses all angles of the issue.In this new edition, Lubenow has thoroughly updated and revised his original material to reflect a dozen years of evolutionist theory and modern paleoanthropology. Scholars and laypeople alike will find solid answers, grounded in research, to all of their tough questions.
Homo erectus
Author: W. Henry Gilbert
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 052093377X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This volume, the first in a series devoted to the paleoanthropological resources of the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia, studies Homo erectus, a close relative of Homo sapiens. Written by a team of highly regarded scholars, this book provides the first detailed descriptions, photographs, and analysis of the fossil vertebrates—from elephants and hyenas to humans—from the Daka Member of the Bouri Formation of the Afar, a place renowned for an abundant and lengthy record of human ancestors. These fossils contribute to our understanding human evolution, and the associated fauna provide new information about the distribution and variability of Pleistocene mammals in eastern Africa. The contributors are all active researchers who worked on the paleontology and geology of these unique deposits. Here they have combined their disparate efforts into a single volume, making the original research results accessible to both the specialist and the general reader. The volume synthesizes environmental backdrop and anatomical detail to open an unparalleled window on the African Pleistocene and its inhabitants.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 052093377X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This volume, the first in a series devoted to the paleoanthropological resources of the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia, studies Homo erectus, a close relative of Homo sapiens. Written by a team of highly regarded scholars, this book provides the first detailed descriptions, photographs, and analysis of the fossil vertebrates—from elephants and hyenas to humans—from the Daka Member of the Bouri Formation of the Afar, a place renowned for an abundant and lengthy record of human ancestors. These fossils contribute to our understanding human evolution, and the associated fauna provide new information about the distribution and variability of Pleistocene mammals in eastern Africa. The contributors are all active researchers who worked on the paleontology and geology of these unique deposits. Here they have combined their disparate efforts into a single volume, making the original research results accessible to both the specialist and the general reader. The volume synthesizes environmental backdrop and anatomical detail to open an unparalleled window on the African Pleistocene and its inhabitants.
Homo Problematis Solvendis–Problem-solving Man
Author: David H. Cropley
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811331014
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book presents the history of modern human creativity/innovation through examples of solutions to basic human needs that have been developed over time. The title – Homo problematis solvendis – is a play on the scientific classifications of humans (e.g. Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens), and is intended to suggest that a defining characteristic of modern humans is our fundamental ability to solve problems (i.e. problem- solving human = Homo problematis solvendis). The book not only offers new perspectives on the history of technology, but also helps readers connect the popular interest in creativity and innovation (in schools, in businesses) with their psychological underpinnings. It discusses why creativity and innovation are vital to societies, and how these key abilities have made it possible for societies to develop into what they are today.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811331014
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book presents the history of modern human creativity/innovation through examples of solutions to basic human needs that have been developed over time. The title – Homo problematis solvendis – is a play on the scientific classifications of humans (e.g. Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens), and is intended to suggest that a defining characteristic of modern humans is our fundamental ability to solve problems (i.e. problem- solving human = Homo problematis solvendis). The book not only offers new perspectives on the history of technology, but also helps readers connect the popular interest in creativity and innovation (in schools, in businesses) with their psychological underpinnings. It discusses why creativity and innovation are vital to societies, and how these key abilities have made it possible for societies to develop into what they are today.