Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic: Hominin Dispersal and Behaviour during the Late Quaternary - Hardcover

Rabett, Ryan J.

 
9781107018297: Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic: Hominin Dispersal and Behaviour during the Late Quaternary
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107018293 ISBN 13: 9781107018297
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene. In studying the unique character of the Asian archaeological record, it reassesses long-accepted propositions about the development of human 'modernity.' Ryan J. Rabett reveals an evolutionary relationship between colonization, the challenges encountered during this process – especially in relation to climatic and environmental change – and the forms of behaviour that emerged. This book argues that human modernity is not something achieved in the remote past in one part of the world, but rather is a diverse, flexible, responsive, and ongoing process of adaptation.

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About the Author

Ryan J. Rabett is a Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on archaeological sites in Asia and since 2007 he has been the director of a major project in northern Vietnam. He is the author of more than forty articles, which primarily focus on prehistoric subsistence and technological strategies in Asia.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107018293
ISBN 13 
9781107018297
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
383