Explaining Human Origins : Myth, Imagination and Conjecture
Wiktor. Stoczkowski
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (246 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: in which the author briefly explains his aims; CHAPTER 1 Prehistory and the conditioned imagination; CHAPTER 2 Anthropogenesis and science; CHAPTER 3 In search of causes; CHAPTER 4 Evolutionary mechanisms: the constraints of nature or of imagination?; CHAPTER 5 A double game; Bibliography; Index. - Wiktor Stoczkowski, a palaeo-anthropologist, argues that theories of human origins developed by archaeologists and physical anthropologists from the early nineteenth century to the present day are structurally similar to Western folk theories, and to the speculations of earlier philosophers.
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Behavioral Sciences Vis mer... Biological Evolution
Biological Phenomena Biological Processes Catarrhini Chordata Eukaryota Genetic Phenomena Genetic Processes Haplorhini Hominidae Mammals Organisms Phenomena and Processes Primates Psychiatry and Psychology Vertebrates Anthropology, Prehistoric. Human beings. Anthropology Arkeologi Evolusjon (Biologi) Evolusjon : (NO-TrBIB)HUME21071 Forhistorisk tid Mennesker Paleoantropologi Physical anthropology Social sciences menneskets opprinnelse evolusjon |
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| ISBN | 0521651344. - 052165730X
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