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Rough and Tumble: Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution
Travis Rayne Pickering
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Description for Rough and Tumble: Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution
Hardback. Based on studies of humans and of other primates, as well as on fossil and archaeological evidence, this title offers a perspective on human evolution by decoupling ideas of aggression and predation to build a more realistic understanding of what it is to be human. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHMP; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444. Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution. 224 pages, illustrations. Based on studies of humans and of other primates, as well as on fossil and archaeological evidence, this title offers a perspective on human evolution by decoupling ideas of aggression and predation to build a more realistic understanding of what it is to be human. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMP; WNCF. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 18. Weight: 444.
Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution, one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet. He challenges the traditional link between aggression and human predation, however, claiming that while aggressive attack is a perfectly efficient way for our chimpanzee cousins to kill prey, it was a hopeless tactic for early human hunters, who - in comparison to their large, potentially dangerous prey - were small, weak, and slow-footed. Technology that evolved from wooden spears to stone-tipped spears and ... Read more
Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution, one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet. He challenges the traditional link between aggression and human predation, however, claiming that while aggressive attack is a perfectly efficient way for our chimpanzee cousins to kill prey, it was a hopeless tactic for early human hunters, who - in comparison to their large, potentially dangerous prey - were small, weak, and slow-footed. Technology that evolved from wooden spears to stone-tipped spears and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274006
SKU
V9780520274006
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About Travis Rayne Pickering
Travis Rayne Pickering is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). He directs the multidisciplinary Swartkrans Paleoanthropological Research Project and is a co-director of the Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project. He is the co-founder and coeditor of the Journal of Taphonomy and the coeditor of the book ... Read more
Reviews for Rough and Tumble: Aggression, Hunting, and Human Evolution
An abbreviated but compelling history of the field, discussing dominant players as well as offering insights into how to interpret complex and fragmentary data. Publishers Weekly [Pickering effectively challenges aspects of the 'killer ape' hypothesis]... He also raises interesting questions about the data compiled by other scientists regarding hominin remains.
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