Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral traits that appear in all cultures. This Element documents that, while both theories have explanatory power...Loe edasi...
Sari: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781107170469)
This volume explores Neandertal anatomy and biology, integrating over 150 years of research. It offers detailed, up-to-date insights through qualitative and quantitative analysis. An essential text for university courses, it provides a cohesive intr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691259734)
How the unique sleep habits of early humans fostered survival, innovation, and social evolution—and how this evolutionary legacy holds insights into how we sleep todayDespite sleep’s critical role in maintaining health and cognitive...Loe edasi...
This book proposes a step-by-step process by which the early evolution of human language originated. Starting from an ape-like communication system, pre-human ancestors were “pumped” out of the rainforest by cyclic climate changes between 10 and 6 M...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691194042)
The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continues to generate controversy today-- Provided by publisher. The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continue...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009626453)
Delving into his biological imagery, Tara Lee shows how Blake articulates radical views about spirituality and embodiment, revolutionary politics, sexuality and genius, as well as textual and artistic reproduction. This insightful study sheds new li...Loe edasi...
Engaging critically with concepts of race, species, and otherness, Alterity and Human Evolution contributes to current debates on human evolution. Drawing on postcolonial and critical frameworks from the Humanities and Social Sciences, it interrogat...Loe edasi...
Surviving evolutionary lines of animals and plants all had their adaptive keys for flourishing in the long run. In the case of humans, a lack of primate specializations opened the door to unique evolutionary possibilities. Fr...Loe edasi...
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwins sexual selection theory. FASC...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691238920)
A leading neuroscientist describes the long evolutionary process that led to the human brainOur human brain is both unique and similar to that of other species. The only way we can trace its evolution is by comparing it to the brain...Loe edasi...
Nature editor and Science Book Prize winner Henry Gee explores the future of our species and our probable extinction, while suggesting how, through technological innovation, we might indefinitely postpone our fate....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009500456)
Due to the multifaceted nature of food, diverse theoretical perspectives have been used to study it in archaeology. One of these approaches is behavioral ecology. This Element reviews the use of behavioral ecology to bridge the archaeological and th...Loe edasi...
Due to the multifaceted nature of food, diverse theoretical perspectives have been used to study it in archaeology. One of these approaches is behavioral ecology. This Element reviews the use of behavioral ecology to bridge the archaeological and th...Loe edasi...
Engrossing, richly informative . . . challenges us to rethink universal health benchmarks New Yorker Ambitious, controversial, theres a line of humour running through it too... I learned a lot New Scientist A new way of thi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008717650)
Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves. While sabre-toothed tigers were their biggest night-time worry, today its stress and social media that keep us awake, but the solutions are the same, and sleep therapi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008718626)
Human olfaction the sense of smell enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable. However, olfaction is one of our least explored sensory systems. Until now....Loe edasi...
Cruzan draws upon evidence from fossils, genomics, phylogenetics, coalescence theory, and the anatomy and physiology of human ancestors and other animals to arrive at an understanding of the origin of human appearance and behavior. We know mu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262553957)
How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago—and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.Despite efforts to sustain civilization,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Dec-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009363556)
The comprehensive and thoroughly revised second edition of this successful textbook uniquely integrates three major themes in developmental psychology. With a focus on up-to-date research, theory and applications, and pedagogical features that suppo...Loe edasi...
