Apes and Human Evolution

by Russell H. Tuttle

In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the influential theory that men are essentially killer apes--sophisticated but instinctively aggressive and destructive beings.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674073169
• ISBN13: 9780674073166
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 1072 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.9" x 9.2"