eBook

Deep history

Smail, Daniel Lord, Shryock, Andrew

2011

Overview

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important for readers interested in the present as in the past,brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more. Combining cutting-edge social and evolutionary theory with the latest discoveries about human genes, brains, and material culture, Deep History invites scholars and general readers alike to explore the dynamic of connectedness that spans all of human history. With Timothy Earle, Gillian Feeley-Harnik, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Clive Gamble, April McMahon, John C. Mitani, Hendrik Poinar, Mary C. Stiner, and Thomas R. Trautmann

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Subject: anthropology books / Anthropology, Prehistoric / archaeology and anthropology / creation of politics / culture and society / evolutionary theory / global history / globalization / historical africa / historical biology / HISTORY / HISTORY / World / history and politics / history and prehistory / history lover / history of genetics / history of language / history of science / Human evolution / human genes / human history / humanity over time / man vs nature / nature and evolution / origin of mankind / origin of society / paleontology / past and present / primatology / Social evolution / story of life / World history
• ISBN: 0520270282, 9780520270282, 9780520274624, 0520274628, 0520949668, 9780520949669