Contributions

  • Smail, Daniel Lord - Contributor
  • Earle, Timothy K. - Contributor

Publication

2011 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California

Language

English

Word Count

85,500 words, Guess

Page Count

342 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC599.93/8
  • LCCGN281 .S457 2011

Description

"Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important for readers interested in the present as in the past,brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more. Combining cutting-edge social and evolutionary theory with the latest discoveries about human genes, brains, and material culture, Deep History invites scholars and general readers alike to explore the dynamic of connectedness that spans all of human history." -- Publisher's description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Deep history: the architecture of past and presentUniversity of California Press2011-01-01

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