Five-Million-Year Odyssey

964,81 TL
Barkod
9780691197579
Yazar
Bellwood, Peter
Yayın Dili
İngilizce
Yayın Yılı
2022
Sayfa Sayısı
384
Kapak Tipi
Sert Kapak
Piyasa Fiyatı
29,95 USD
The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to Agriculture

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural era

Over 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.


Review: "Winner of the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers"

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Five-Million-Year Odyssey Princeton University Press 9780691197579
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