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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Origin of Our Species (2012)di Christopher Stringer
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Low 4/high 3. In contrast to Brian Fagan's [b:Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations|2308972|Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations|Brian M. Fagan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1198113610s/2308972.jpg|2315387] this is considerably more focused. It's also a more recent creation and, in the rapidly advancing field of human evolution and archaeology, this is critical. My one big complaint about this is that it's not very well organized. Stringer seems unable to keep focused, instead he constantly make references to things he'll cover in other chapters. This is NOT an issue with the subject matter, as Jared Diamond avoided this problem handsomely in his excellent (but slightly dated now) [b:The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal|49234|The Third Chimpanzee The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal|Jared Diamond|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1406094926s/49234.jpg|1677648]. In general, the technical level is on the high side, so I wouldn't recommend this to someone just getting into the subject. But, if you have some familiarity with the field and can tolerate the poor organization, it's worth a read. This book jumps around a lot and doesn't really have follow a coherent path. Paragraphs don't follow on from one paragraph to another, never mind chapters. The book is also rather limited in that it discusses modern people and neanderthals in rather vague terms. The book wasn't overly technical but it presented information in such a vague and disassociated manner that it made things rather confusing. Too much speculation, not enough facts. I got the impression that the author's pet theory was the out of Africa hypothesis and he was going to cherry pick data to suit his theory. The author continually bashes the multi-regional hypothesis without actually providing any detailed information on this (or any of the other) hypotheses or providing information on why he considers it wrong. Even if the one hypothesis is completely wrong, I would still like to know more details about it and why it is considered inaccurate. I may have missed something with all the jumping around, but I still have no idea "how we came to be the only humans on earth". nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Outlines a reassessment of human evolution that draws on recent fossil findings and challenges current theories to say that humans coexisted and competed across the African continent while exchanging genes, tools, and behaviors. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Stringer draws on analyses of old and new fossils from around the world, DNA studies of Neanderthals (using the full genome map) and other species, and recent archeological digs to unveil his new theory. He shows how the most sensational recent fossil findings fit with his model, and he questions previous concepts (including his own) of modernity and how it evolved.
Lone Survivors is the definitive account of who and what we were, and will change perceptions about our origins and about what it means to be human.