Humankind
how biology and geography shape human diversity
Book - 2015
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
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| 300 | |a 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "June 2015"--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-320) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: Where we are going - and why -- We are all African : the birthplace of humankind -- From here to there and back again : a mostly coastal route out of Africa - across the world? -- How do we know what we think we know? : the science behind the "facts" -- Variety is the spice of life : where we are affects what we are -- Gene maps and the roads less traveled : barriers to movement maintain diversity -- Is man merely a monkey? : human cultural diversity varies across the globe in the same way and for the same reasons as biological diversity -- Islands are special : size and metabolism in a small environment -- We are what we eat : our diet affects our genes, and different regions eat different foods -- What doesn't kill us halts or moves us : other species influence where we can live -- Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : we are bad for many species, even if we help a few -- Conquest and cooperation : humans are bad for each other, even if we occasionally help one another -- Epilogue: Are we going to last the distance?. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human geography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human evolution. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human beings |x Migrations. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Prehistoric peoples. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Physical anthropology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Biogeography. | |
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