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The Cradle of Humanity - How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart (Hardcover) Loot Price: R507
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The Cradle of Humanity - How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart (Hardcover): Mark Maslin

The Cradle of Humanity - How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart (Hardcover)

Mark Maslin

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Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. So how did we become the worlds apex predator and take over the planet? Fundamental to our success is our intelligence, not only individually but more importantly collectively. But why did evolution favour the brainy ape? Given the calorific cost of running our large brains, not to mention the difficulties posed for childbirth, this bizarre adaptation must have given our ancestors a considerable advantage. In this book Mark Maslin brings together the latest insights from hominin fossils and combines them with evidence of the changing landscape of the East African Rift Valley to show how all these factors led to selection pressures that favoured our ultrasocial brains. Astronomy, geology, climate, and landscape all had a part to play in making East Africa the cradle of humanity and allowing us to dominate the planet.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2017
Authors: Mark Maslin
Dimensions: 224 x 144 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-870452-2
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > Early man
LSN: 0-19-870452-6
Barcode: 9780198704522

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