The Evolution of Human Life History (Paperback, illustrated edition)

Evolutionary theorists have linked humans' long periods of childhood dependency and post-reproductive life to brain development, learning, and distinctively human social structures. However, the patterns in life history variation and paleoanthropological evidence challenge these arguments. How can scholars identify and explain the peculiar features of human life history, such as the rate and timing of processes affecting survival and reproduction? When and why did uniquely human patterns evolve? This volume brings together specialists in the behavioral ecology and demography of hunter-gatherers; human growth, development, and nutrition; paleodemography; human paleontology; primatology; and the genomics of aging to address these questions. In attempting to specify the life history features that distinguish humans from our closest primate relatives, they review alternative explanations and consider multiple lines of evidence for testing them. This volume sets the agenda for future research on this topic.

General

Imprint:	School of American Research Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Release date:	August 2006
Authors:	Kristen Hawkes • Nancy Barrickman • Meredith L. Bastian • Nicholas Blurton Jones • Barry Bogin
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	526
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-930618-72-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	1-930618-72-7
Barcode:	9781930618725

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