Mind the gap : tracing the origins of human universals / Peter M. Kappeler, Joan B. Silk, editors.
What makes us human? What made us become the way we are? One way to answer these questions is to identify the traits that all humans share, traits that are universal features of all human societies. Another way to do so is to ask how humans differ from other species, particularly from our closest re...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; London ; New York :
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| Summary: | What makes us human? What made us become the way we are? One way to answer these questions is to identify the traits that all humans share, traits that are universal features of all human societies. Another way to do so is to ask how humans differ from other species, particularly from our closest relatives, the nonhuman primates. The contributors to this book pursue both approaches, in an effort to understand how evolution has shaped modern human behavior and societies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 503 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3642027245 9783642027246 3642027261 9783642027260 128283116X 9781282831162 3642027253 9783642027253 |