The rapid evolutionary development of modern Homo sapiens over the
past 200,000 years is a topic of fevered interest in numerous
disciplines. How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes
from their first arrival, so quickly develop the capacities to
transform their world? Gary Tomlinson’s Culture and the Course of
Human Evolution is aimed at both scientists and humanists, and it
makes the case that neither side alone can answer the most
important questions about our origins. Tomlinson offers a new model
for understanding this period in our emergence, one based on
analysis of advancing human cultures in an evolution that was
simultaneously cultural and biological—a biocultural evolution.
He places front and center the emergence of culture and the human
capacities to create it, in a fashion that expands the conceptual
framework of recent evolutionary theory. His wide-ranging vision
encompasses arguments on the development of music, modern
technology, and metaphysics. At the heart of these developments, he
shows, are transformations in our species’ particular knack for
sign making. With its innovative synthesis of humanistic and
scientific ideas, this book will be an essential text.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2018 |
| Authors: |
Gary Tomlinson
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-54852-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-54852-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226548524 |
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