The five million year odyssey [electronic resource] : the human journey from ape to agriculture

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서명/저자사항	The five million year odyssey [electronic resource]: the human journey from ape to agriculture / Peter Bellwood.
개인저자	Bellwood, Peter S., author.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2022]
형태사항	1 online resource (xxiii, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN	069123633X 9780691236339
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
요약	"Human beings are incredibly diverse, from appearance and language to culture. How do we understand this diversity as a product of evolution and migration over millions of years? In this book, Peter Bellwood brings together biology, archaeology, linguistics, and anthropology to provide a sweeping look at human evolution from 5 million years ago to the rise of agriculture and civilization, presenting modern human diversity as a product of the shared history of human populations around the world. Bellwood opens the book by explaining what allows us to understand and and reconstruct the human past, including the importantce of archaeological, biological, and cultural approaches as well as an understanding of climate and chronolonogy on vast time scales. From there he proceeds forward in time from the split with chimpanzees c. 6 million years go, the emergence of Home 2.5 milion years ago, and the appearance of modern humans c. 300,000 years ago. Each chapter is driven by a set of major questions that we have new answers to, such as when did human first leave Africa?, was Homo a new species?, what was the path of migration for early humans and did early humans have sicernible social life and material culture? Moving forward in time, Bellwood describes cultural and then linguistic evolution over the last 20,000 years, again driving each chapter with big questions. He concludes the book by asking how much human behavior has changed based on what we know about the past and whether humans are still evoving genetically and culturally. Ultimately, this book shows that to understand human history and ongoing modern human diversity we mustfirst understand human populations as a the result of millions of years of shared genetic and cultural evolution"--
요약	"The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural eraOver the course of five million years, our primate ancestors evolved from a modest population of sub-Saharan apes into the globally dominant species Homo sapiens. Along the way, humans became incredibly diverse in appearance, language, and culture. How did all of this happen? In The Five-Million-Year Odyssey, Peter Bellwood synthesizes research from archaeology, biology, anthropology, and linguistics to immerse us in the saga of human evolution, from the earliest traces of our hominin forebears in Africa, through waves of human expansion across the continents, and to the rise of agriculture and explosive demographic growth around the world.Bellwood presents our modern diversity as a product of both evolution, which led to the emergence of the genus Homo approximately 2.5 million years ago, and migration, which carried humans into new environments. He introduces us to the ancient hominins-including the australopithecines, Homo erectus, the Neanderthals, and others-before turning to the appearance of Homo sapiens circa 300,000 years ago and subsequent human movement into Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. Bellwood then explores the invention of agriculture, which enabled farmers to disperse to new territories over the last 10,000 years, facilitating the spread of language families and cultural practices. The outcome is now apparent in our vast array of contemporary ethnicities, linguistic systems, and customs.The fascinating origin story of our varied human existence, The Five-Million-Year Odyssey underscores the importance of recognizing our shared genetic heritage to appreciate what makes us so diverse"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Human evolution. Human beings --Origin. Human beings --Migrations. Social evolution. Civilization --History. Language and languages --Origin. Language and culture --History. Homme --E?volution. Homme --Origines. Homme --Migrations. E?volution sociale. Civilisation --Histoire. Langage et langues --Origines. Langage et culture --Histoire. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical. Civilization. Human beings --Migrations. Human beings --Origin. Human evolution. Language and culture. Language and languages --Origin. Social evolution.
분류기호(DDC)	599.938
언어	영어
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