Humankind : how biology and geography shape human diversity

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Humankind : how biology and geography shape human diversity

Title remainder

how biology and geography shape human diversity

Statement of responsibility

Alexander H. Harcourt

Title variation

How biology and geography shape human diversity

Creator

• Harcourt, A. H., (Alexander H)

Author

• Harcourt, A. H., (Alexander H)

Subject

• Biogeography
• Biogeography
• Biological Evolution
• Diet
• Genetics, Medical
• Human beings -- Migrations
• Human beings -- Migrations
• Human evolution
• Anthropology, Physical
• Human geography
• Human geography
• Kulturgeografi
• Människans utveckling
• Physical anthropology
• Physical anthropology
• Prehistoric peoples
• Prehistoric peoples
• Human evolution
• Biogeografi

Language

eng

Summary

Overview: An innovative and illuminating look at how the evolution of the human species has been shaped by the world around us, from anatomy and physiology, to cultural diversity and population density. Where did the human species originate? Why are tropical peoples much more diverse than those at polar latitudes? Why can only Japanese peoples digest seaweed? How are darker skin, sunlight, and fertility related? Did Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens ever interbreed? In Humankind, U.C. Davis professor Alexander Harcourt answers these questions and more, as he explains how the expansion of the human species around the globe and our interaction with our environment explains much about why humans differ from one region of the world to another, not only biologically, but culturally. What effects have other species had on the distribution of humans around the world, and we, in turn, on their distribution? And how have human populations affected each other's geography, even existence? For the first time in a single book, Alexander Harcourt brings these topics together to help us understand why we are, what we are, where we are. It turns out that when one looks at humanity's expansion around the world, and in the biological explanations for our geographic diversity, we humans are often just another primate. Humanity's distribution around the world and the type of organism we are today has been shaped by the same biogeographical forces that shape other species

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

304.2

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

GF41

LC item number

.H375 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography