Apes and human evolution /
Tuttle, Russell H., 1939-
Apes and human evolution / Russell H. Tuttle. - [Enhanced Credo edition] - 1 online resource (24 entries) : 150 images ; digital files.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-1015).
Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution -- Apes in space -- Apes in time -- Taproot and branches of our family tree -- Apes in motion -- Several ways to achieve erection -- Hungry and sleepy apes -- Hunting apes and mutualism -- Handy apes -- Mental apes -- Social, antisocial, and sexual apes -- Communicative apes -- Language, culture, ideology, spirituality, and morality.
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In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. This encyclopedic volume is both a milestone in primatological research and a critique of what is known and yet to be discovered about human and ape potential.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781785396007
Primates--Evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
QL737.P9 / T86 2014
599.93/8
Apes and human evolution / Russell H. Tuttle. - [Enhanced Credo edition] - 1 online resource (24 entries) : 150 images ; digital files.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-1015).
Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution -- Apes in space -- Apes in time -- Taproot and branches of our family tree -- Apes in motion -- Several ways to achieve erection -- Hungry and sleepy apes -- Hunting apes and mutualism -- Handy apes -- Mental apes -- Social, antisocial, and sexual apes -- Communicative apes -- Language, culture, ideology, spirituality, and morality.
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. This encyclopedic volume is both a milestone in primatological research and a critique of what is known and yet to be discovered about human and ape potential.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781785396007
Primates--Evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
QL737.P9 / T86 2014
599.93/8