From Apes to Cyborgs : New Perspectives on Human Evolution /: New Perspectives on Human Evolution. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: La scimmia vestita
• Further Information: Note: Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio.
• Authors: Tuniz, Claudio; Tiberi Vipraio, Patrizia
• Contents: CONTENTS Introduction1 Our deep history: a short overviewThe human pastDescended from the apes? 2 Human biodiversity and close encountersSapiens: the African originsSapiens the conquerorThe NeanderthalsThe DenisovansThe HobbitsHomo nalediRaces and racism 3 The march for hegemonyThe first 'hybridization with domestication': tools, fire and the environmentOnce a player, always a playerDisappearance of the NeanderthalsMan's best friendSelf-domestication of Homo sapiensLast act 4 The naked ape dresses upThe naked apeCoats, shoes and shedsDress, shame and symbols 5 The evolution of womanGiving birth: a risky businessMonogamy or polygamy?Taming the femaleSexual selection: the role of women 6 Work, leisure and learningGrowing up too fast?Art and entertainmentTeaching and learningTrust, gossip and shared beliefsWork leisure and learning today 7 Food for body and mindRitual foodVegetarian or carnivorous? OmnivorousFarmers and breedersUs and themTurning our genes on and off 8 Diseases and griefDiseases and therapies from the pastDiseases of the present: a possible mismatchFunerary ritesThe first hierarchical societiesBones, tombs and relics 9 Brain and mindInside the grey boxBrain and mind in deep timeThinking of thinkingModelling and imagining 10 Imaginary worldsNew realitiesOvercoming perceptual barriersExcess of representation: the economic sphereSymmetric and asymmetric warfare 11 Homo economicusWhen it all beganWhat is money?Goods and servicesThe private accumulation of wealthThe destruction of collective wealth 12 Humans of the futureDigital networksSocial networks, digital games and search enginesMarket driven digital gurusSocio-economic networksSocial networks of knowledgeGlobal networks and territorial networksShrinking the brainPower and pleasureTruth and post-truthIntelligent weapons and preventive warTranshumanism and immortal networksPost-humanismDeep neural networksTamed by the machines? Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Subjects: Popular works; Social sciences; Anthropology; Archaeology; Evolutionary biology; Neurosciences; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Science -- General; Medical -- Neuroscience; Anthropology; Archaeology; Evolution; Interdisciplinary studies; Neurosciences; Social Science -- General; Society & culture: general
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030365226
• Related ISBNs: 9783030365219
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.