People of the earth : an introduction to world prehistory /: an introduction to world prehistory. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian M. Fagan and Nadia Durrani.
• Other Names: Fagan, Brian M; Durrani, Nadia
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Brief Contents""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Authorsâ€? Note""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introducing World Prehistory""; ""Archaeology and Prehistory""; ""The Beginnings of World Prehistory""; ""Site: The Amesbury Archer""; ""Science: Dating the Past""; ""Who Needs the Past?""; ""Cyclical and Linear Time""; ""Written Records, Oral Traditions, and Archaeology""; ""Studying Culture and Culture Change""; ""Primary Cultural Processes""; ""Theoretical Approaches: Culture as Adaptation"" ""Climatic Change""""Culture as Adaptation""; ""Cultural Evolution and Cultural Ecology""; ""Multilinear Evolution: Prestate and State-Organized Societies""; ""Theoretical Approaches: Evolutionary Ecology and Hunter-Gatherers""; ""Theoretical Approaches: People as Agents of Change""; ""External and Internal Constraints""; ""Interactions""; ""Gender: Men and Women""; ""Trade and Exchange""; ""Ideologies and Beliefs""; ""Summary""; ""Key Terms""; ""Further Reading""; ""Part I Beginnings 7 Million to 150, 000 Years Ago""; ""Chapter 2 Human Origins: 7 Million to 1.9 Million Years Ago"" ""The Great Ice Age""""The Origins of the Human Line""; ""Aegyptopithecus""; ""Miocene Primates""; ""Molecular Biology and Human Evolution""; ""The Ecological Problems Faced by Early Hominins""; ""Adaptive Problems""; ""Dating the Past: Potassium-Argon Dating""; ""Fossil Evidence: 7 to 4.0 mya""; ""ToumaÃ:̄ Sahelanthropus tchadensis""; ""Ardipithecus ramidus""; ""The First Australopithecines: c. 4 to 3 mya""; ""Australopithecus anamensis""; ""Australopithecus afarensis""; ""Laetoli: Footprints of A. afarensis""; ""Fossil Evidence: 3 to 2.5 mya"" ""Gracile Australopithecines: Australopithecus africanus""""Robust Australopithecines: A. aethiopicus, A. boisei, and A. robustus""; ""Australopithecus garhi""; ""Early Homo: 2.5 to 2.0 mya""; ""Homo habilis""; ""A Burst of Rapid Change?""; ""Site: Malapa, South Africa: The Mystery of Australopithecus sebida""; ""Who Was the First Human?""; ""Archaeological Evidence for Early Human Behavior""; ""Evidence for “Central Placesâ€??""; ""Site: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa""; ""Hunting and Scavenging""; ""Plant Foraging and “Grandmotheringâ€?""; ""Toolmaking""; ""The Oldowan Industry"" ""The Mind of the Earliest Humans""""The Development of Language""; ""Social Organization""; ""Summary""; ""Key Terms""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 3 Archaic Humans: Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Homo heidelbergensis: 1.9 Million to 150, 000 Years Ago""; ""Pleistocene Background""; ""Lower Pleistocene (1.6 Million to c. 780, 000 Years Ago)""; ""Middle Pleistocene (c. 780, 000 to 128, 000 Years Ago)""; ""Homo ergaster in Africa""; ""The Radiation of Homo ergaster""; ""Science: “You are what you eatâ€?: Taming Fire and Then ... Cuisine""; ""Out of Africa: Homo erectus in Asia""
• Edition: Fourteenth edition
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 569.9; Prehistoric peoples; Civilization, Ancient; NATURE -- Fossils; Civilization, Ancient; Prehistoric peoples; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317346821; 1317346823; 9781317346814; 1317346815
• Related ISBNs: 9780205966554; 0205966551; 0205966578
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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