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The Rise of Humans : : Great Scientific Debates

Hawks, John. Book on CD - 2011 BOCD 599.938 Ha Oversize 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Course no. 1612.
Lecture 1. Ramapithecus - ape man -- Lecture 2. Australopithecus afarensis - ancestor or not? -- Lecture 3. Ardipithecus - hominin or not? Lecture 4. Brain structure versus brain size -- Lecture 5. The dietary hypothesis -- Lecture 6. Africa or Asia? -- Lecture 7. An ape's view of the Oldowan -- Lecture 8. Who was homo habilis? -- Lecture 9. How big was homo erectus? -- Lecture 10. The Movius Line -- Lecture 11. The hobbits of Flores -- Lecture 12. Archaeology and cooperation -- Lecture 13. Presapiens or preneandertal? -- Lecture 14. What do stone tools reveal about early man? -- Lecture 15. Did neanderthals speak? -- Lecture 16. Neandertals, extinct or ancestors? -- Lecture 17. Is our neandertal heritage important? -- Lecture 18. Multiregional evolution versus out of africa -- Lecture 19. Climate's impact on our evolution -- Lecture 20. Language - adaptation or spandrel? -- Lecture 21. Why did humans start creating art? -- Lecture 22. Clovis or pre-clovis? -- Lecture 23. Farming - migration or diffusion? -- Lecture 24. Are humans still evolving?
Professor John Hawks combine fossil and genetic information to test hypotheses about human prehistory.

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SERIES
Great courses.
Great courses. Science & mathematics.



PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Great Courses, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 12 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (138 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598037586
1598037587

SUBJECTS
Neanderthals.
Prehistoric peoples.