The Myths of Human Evolution / / Niles Eldredge, Ian Tattersall.
Looks at myths of the sort of stories and attitudes about the origin and nature of our own biological species to the extent that these myths conflict with findings of science and history.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1982] ©1982 |
| Year of Publication: | 1982 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Of Myths and Mankind
- 2. Bestial Origins, Godlike Aspirations: Mythic Views of Man’s Place in Nature
- 3. Evolution: The Myth of Constant Adaptive Change
- 4. Patterns Great and Small: Evolutionary Change and the Fossil Record
- 5. Fossils and Finders: The Cast of Characters in Human Evolution
- 6. Patterns in Human Evolution
- 7. Patterns in History
- 8. Beyond Patterns: Theories of Change
- Epilogue: Our Evolutionary Future?
- Index