Debating Humankind's Place in Nature, 1860-2000: The Nature of Paleoanthropology - Softcover

Delisle, Richard G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131773909 ISBN 13: 9780131773905

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Showing that paleoanthropology is a progressive and dynamic field, this book argues that all debates and hypotheses spring from a single general theory: the theory of biological evolution. It presents the debates and research from 150 scholars in the field, and separates the resolution of these debates through three different time periods: 1860-1890, 1890-1935, and post-1935. Topics include: the history of the field; comparative anatomy; the human fossil record; primate phylogeny; human phylogeny; and the nature of paleoanthropology. A book that will appeal to anyone interested in anthropology, it will also interest historians and others in the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard G. Delisle has earned two doctorates―one in philosophy of science from the Université de Montréal and the other in paleoanthropology from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa―but, at the same time, he likes to get his hands dirty. He has worked on archeological digs in the south of France and paleontological excavations in the western United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131773909
• ISBN 13: 9780131773905
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 462