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Genes, memes and human history : Darwinian archaeology and cultural evolution
| Responsibility | Stephen Shennan |
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| Material Type | Book |
| Publisher | London : Thames & Hudson |
| Year | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Abstract | Today, many scholars show more interest in unscientific attempts to empathize with ancient peoples than in obtaining valid knowledge about the past. Archaeologists have become failed ethnographers, fo...ever regretting the demise of the people they would like to talk to. Genes, Memes and Human History offers an ambitious blueprint for a new approach to archaeology, based on the application of the latest neo-Darwinian evolutionary ideas. What is the history of human populations? How are cultural traditions maintained and changed over time? Why did people destroy their environments in the past and were they ever conservationists? What led to the emergence of marked social inequalities? These are some of the important questions that evolutionary archaeology can answer.show more |
Holdings
| Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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Social and Cultural Studies | 467.5/Sh 14 | 2002 |
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058212008011080 |
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Bibliographic details
| Notes | "With 47 illustrations." Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298) and index |
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| Authors | Shennan, Stephen |
| Subjects | LCSH:Human evolution LCSH:Human population genetics LCSH:Social evolution LCSH:Evolution (Biology) LCSH:Evolutionary genetics |
| Classification | LCC:GN281 DC22:599.93/8 |
| ID | 1001296894 |
| ISBN | 0500051186 |
| NCID | BA72669375 |
| Vol | ISBN:0500051186 |
| NBN | BA2V8001 |
| Created Date | 2009.09.18 |
| Modified Date | 2009.09.18 |