Ancestral Roots

Modern Living and Human Evolution
2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-20182-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Macmillan Science

Human evolution explains how we have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issues of modern living; depression, obesity, and environmental destruction, can be understood in relation to our evolutionary past. An awareness of this past and its relation to the present can help limit their impact on the future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clack, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I
Environmental destruction
PART II
Aggression
PART III
Depression
PART IV
Obesity

Über Autor(innen)

TIMOTHY CLACK is Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK and Director of Studies in the subject at Christ Church and St Peter's Colleges. He moved to Oxford after holding several teaching positions and completing a PhD in Archaeology at the University of Manchester. Amidst his various teaching commitments, he has conducted archaeological, anthropological and primatological research throughout Africa, Europe, and South East Asia. He has authored numerous books, scientific papers, and magazine articles covering a wide range of subjects from human evolution and human-animal relations to religious experience and the popular media. Outside of academia he is also a director of Redemics a corporate responsibility consultancy. In his spare time he enjoys being immersed in the British countryside pursuing his interests of hiking and photography.