The Resource The chosen primate : human nature and cultural diversity, Adam Kuper
The chosen primate : human nature and cultural diversity, Adam Kuper
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- Summary
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- We are all Darwinians now. Yet while we know that five million years ago our ancestors were much like chimpanzees, we still can't say why we, of all primates, became human. Is there a Darwinian explanation for how Homo sapiens evolved? Or has human culture made us so very different from other animals that we require a distinctive strategy to explain our development? These questions, at the heart of the great debate on human origins and the history of human culture, are the focus of The Chosen Primate, a fundamental rethinking of the pursuits of anthropology
- Balancing biological and cultural perspectives, Adam Kuper reviews our beliefs about human origins, the history of human culture, genes and intelligence, the nature of the differences between males and females, and the foundations of human politics. Within the context of Darwinian theory, he traces the influence of eugenics, sociobiology, and gender studies on anthropology. The Chosen Primate is also a fascinating narrative of the history of the people and places that have shaped anthropology, taking us to Olduvai Gorge with the Leakeys, the Kalahari with the Marshalls, and Samoa with Margaret Mead
- The Chosen Primate ends by looking forward to the next millennium, noting that our future depends on our response to another fundamental question: Will our culture, which has given us the means to adapt successfully to nature, ultimately destroy nature? In raising this question, Kuper shows that debates in anthropology are more than just academic disputes - they engage the major issues of our time
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 269 pages
- Contents
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- All Darwinians now?
- To begin at the beginning
- A human way of life
- The evolution of culture
- Cultivating the species
- The common heritage
- First family
- Male and female
- The origin of society
- The second millennium
- Isbn
- 9780674128255
- Label
- The chosen primate : human nature and cultural diversity
- Title
- The chosen primate
- Title remainder
- human nature and cultural diversity
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Kuper
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- We are all Darwinians now. Yet while we know that five million years ago our ancestors were much like chimpanzees, we still can't say why we, of all primates, became human. Is there a Darwinian explanation for how Homo sapiens evolved? Or has human culture made us so very different from other animals that we require a distinctive strategy to explain our development? These questions, at the heart of the great debate on human origins and the history of human culture, are the focus of The Chosen Primate, a fundamental rethinking of the pursuits of anthropology
- Balancing biological and cultural perspectives, Adam Kuper reviews our beliefs about human origins, the history of human culture, genes and intelligence, the nature of the differences between males and females, and the foundations of human politics. Within the context of Darwinian theory, he traces the influence of eugenics, sociobiology, and gender studies on anthropology. The Chosen Primate is also a fascinating narrative of the history of the people and places that have shaped anthropology, taking us to Olduvai Gorge with the Leakeys, the Kalahari with the Marshalls, and Samoa with Margaret Mead
- The Chosen Primate ends by looking forward to the next millennium, noting that our future depends on our response to another fundamental question: Will our culture, which has given us the means to adapt successfully to nature, ultimately destroy nature? In raising this question, Kuper shows that debates in anthropology are more than just academic disputes - they engage the major issues of our time
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kuper, Adam
- Dewey number
- 301
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN25
- LC item number
- .K87 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 1994 E-429
- GN 25
- NLM item number
- K96c 1994
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Anthropology
- Human beings
- Culture
- Anthropology
- Hominidae
- Cultural Evolution
- Anthropology
- Culture
- Human beings
- Sociale evolutie
- Culturele verschillen
- Menselijke natuur
- Anthropologie philosophique
- Homme
- Label
- The chosen primate : human nature and cultural diversity, Adam Kuper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- All Darwinians now? -- To begin at the beginning -- A human way of life -- The evolution of culture -- Cultivating the species -- The common heritage -- First family -- Male and female -- The origin of society -- The second millennium
- Control code
- ocm28799968
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674128255
- Lccn
- 93031770
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o28799968
- (OCoLC)28799968
- Label
- The chosen primate : human nature and cultural diversity, Adam Kuper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- All Darwinians now? -- To begin at the beginning -- A human way of life -- The evolution of culture -- Cultivating the species -- The common heritage -- First family -- Male and female -- The origin of society -- The second millennium
- Control code
- ocm28799968
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674128255
- Lccn
- 93031770
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o28799968
- (OCoLC)28799968
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