The authors maintain that our need to socialize stems from early hominids' improved odds of survival when they banded together against predators. From Publishers Weekly Contrary to the familiar image of the aggressive, spear-wielding "caveman," our hominid ancestors were more hunte
- Title : Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, and Human Evolution
- Author : Donna Hart
- Rating : 4.62 (334 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-12-13
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 336 Pages
- Asin : 0813339367
- Language : English
The authors maintain that our need to socialize stems from early hominids' improved odds of survival when they banded together against predators. From Publishers Weekly Contrary to the familiar image of the aggressive, spear-wielding "caveman," our hominid ancestors were more hunted than hunters, more preyed upon than slayers of large predators, contend wildlife conservationist Hart and anthropologist Sussman. All rights reserved. (Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Modern-day humans are still preyed upon in many places: mountain lions have ambushed joggers in California, and in southern Africa, the crowned harp-eagle occasionally carries off a small child. . The authors note that as anthropologists and primatologists have studied various primate species in the African and Asian rainforests,Eyewitness accounts, data collected by the authors, and the published reports of naturalists establish the astonishing extent to which living monkeys, lemurs, apes, and even humans fall victim to a wide variety of predators, some of which even specialize in the consumption of primates. Additionally, the fossil record demonstrates that primates have been prey for millions of years, a fact that necessarily shaped the evolution of our earliest ancestors in body and behavior. Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved not as hunters but as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds of prey. Although Man the Hunter” is a popular description of our ancestry, the central importance of hunting is firmly fixed only in the archeological record of relatively recent human history. Skillfully combining information from a number of lines of evidence, Man the Hunted casts an entirely new light on the natural history of primates and the evolution of fossil and modern humans.Also, if you have Barron's book in hand from library, there is a code in it - you can go online for free and get the same information. Until this day comes we can spend time daily with Jesus in Sarah's wonderful book "Jesus Calling". I hope for Lukas Hand that he has found the happiness in a relationship like some of his narrating voices, even if, sadly, they are not many; most of those voices are regretting a lost chance, a "could be" they didn't have the courage to fully embrace.I highly recommend Coming to, especially to those readers who are maybe mislead by the sexy cover (that don't get me wrong, I like), this collection has a deepness that is amazing.. The number of humans throughout history that have actually killed another human being is extremely small, and warfare is actually quite rare between humans. Carbohydrate Digestion6. Not that many of us can relate to devastating famine where it wipes out entire populations, but it does help us understand what William had to deal with during such a trying time. Each of the books is an independent mystery book, but there are overarching story elements involving Kate’s life. One of many advantages of this program is that it blends listening/speaking skills witHart has been a longtime professional in wildlife conservation and currently teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri–St. Sussman, Washington University (St. Louis. Robert W. Louis), is recent editor of American Anthropologist and has served in editorial capacities with numerous other journals in anthropology and primatology.. Donna L
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