Rethinking Human Evolution

Book Overview

Contributors from a range of disciplines consider the disconnect between human evolutionary studies and the rest of evolutionary biology. The study of human evolution often seems to rely on scenarios and received wisdom rather than theory and methodology, with each new fossil or molecular analysis interpreted as supporting evidence for the presumed lineage of human ancestry. We might wonder why we should pursue new inquiries if we already know the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262546744
• ISBN13: 9780262546744
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher