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Human Evolution Ser.: Meat-Eating and Human Evolution by Henry T. Bunn (2001, Hardcover)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195131398
ISBN-139780195131390
eBay Product ID (ePID)1750420
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMeat-Eating and Human Evolution
SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorHenry T. Bunn
Subject AreaSocial Science, Science
SeriesHuman Evolution Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight24.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN00-036745
Dewey Edition21
Reviews A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader., "Editors Stanford (anthropology, U. of Southern California) and Bunn (anthropology, U. of Wisconsin) present 16 multidisciplinary contributions that address the questions surrounding when, how, and why early humans began to eat meat. The researchers, who study modern hunter-gatherers, nonhumanprimates, and the human fossil integrate and discuss their perspectives in order to offer a thorough reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses of meat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. Topics include meat-eating and the fossil record, living nonhumananalogs for meat-eating, modern human foragers, and theoretical considerations."--SciTech Book News, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."--New Scientist, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."--New Scientist"Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinary studies..."--Choice, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."--New Scientist"Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinarystudies..."--Choice"Editors Stanford (anthropology, U. of Southern California) and Bunn (anthropology, U. of Wisconsin) present 16 multidisciplinary contributions that address the questions surrounding when, how, and why early humans began to eat meat. The researchers, who study modern hunter-gatherers, nonhuman primates, and the human fossil integrate and discuss their perspectives in order to offer a thorough reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses ofmeat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. Topics include meat-eating and the fossil record, living nonhuman analogs for meat-eating, modern human foragers, and theoreticalconsiderations."--SciTech Book News"A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."--New Scientist"Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinarystudies..."--Choice, "Editors Stanford (anthropology, U. of Southern California) and Bunn(anthropology, U. of Wisconsin) present 16 multidisciplinary contributions thataddress the questions surrounding when, how, and why early humans began to eatmeat. The researchers, who study modern hunter-gatherers, nonhuman primates, andthe human fossil integrate and discuss their perspectives in order to offer athorough reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses ofmeat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. Topics includemeat-eating and the fossil record, living nonhuman analogs for meat-eating,modern human foragers, and theoretical considerations."--SciTech BookNews, "Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and whymeat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists,archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-GrenFoundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yetof the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appealto anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinarystudies..."--Choice, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."--New Scientist "Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinary studies..."--Choice, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students butaccessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting andmeat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held societytogether."--New Scientist, "A series of fascinating and scholarly essays, designed for students but accessible to the general reader, explore issues such as whether hunting and meat consumption were the crucible of human intelligence or held society together."-- New Scientist "Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summary yet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinary studies..."-- Choice, "Stanford and Bunn attacked head-on the problem of where, when, and why meat eating appeared by assembling a group of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and primatologists to discuss the issue at a Wenner-Gren Foundation-sponsored meeting in 1998. Their edited book is the best summaryyet of the evidence for meat consumption by hominids. ... The book ... will appeal to anyone interested in human evolution, especially interdisciplinary studies..."--Choice
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal599.938
Table Of ContentPrefaceForwordIntroductionI MEAT-EATING AND THE FOSSIL RECORD1. Deconstructing the Serengeti2. Taphonomy of the Swartkrans hominid postcrania and its bearing on issues of meat-eating and fire management3. Neanderthal hunting and meat-processing in the Near East: evidence from Kebara Cave (Israel)4. Modeling the edible landscapeII LIVING NONHUMAN ANALOGS FOR MEAT-EATING5. The dog-eat-dog world of carnivores: a review of past and present carnivore community dynamics6. Meat and the early human diet: insights from Neotropical primate studies7. The other faunivory: primate insectivory and early human diet8. Meat-eating by the fourth African apeIII MODERN HUMAN FORAGERS9. Hunting, power scavenging, and butchering10. Is meat the hunter's property? Big game, ownership, and explanations of hunting and sharing11. Specialized meat-eating in the Holocene: an archaeological case from the frigid tropics of high altitude Peru12. Mutualistic Hunting13. Intra-group resource transfers:comparative evidence, models, and implications for human evolution14. The evolutionary consequences of increased carnivory in hominids15. Neonate body size and hominid carnivoryCONCLUSIONS
SynopsisWhen, why, and how early humans began to eat meat are three of the most fundamental unresolved questions in the study of human origins. Before 2.5 million years ago the presence and importance of meat in the hominid diet is unkown. After stone tools appear in the fossil record it seems clear that meat was eaten in increasing quantities, but whether it was obtained through hunting or scavenging remains a topic of intense debate. This book takes a novel and strongly interdisciplinary approach to the role of meat in the early hominid diet, inviting well-known researchers who study the human fossil record, modern hunter-gatherers, and nonhuman primates to contribute chapters to a volume that integrates these three perspectives. Stanford's research has been on the ecology of hunting by wild chimpanzees. Bunn is an archaeologist who has worked on both the fossil record and modern foraging people. This will be a reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavening, and the uses of meat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. There is currently no other book, nor has there ever been, that occupies the niche this book will create for itself., When, why, and how early humans began to eat meat are three of the most fundamental unresolved questions in the study of human origins. Before 2.5 million years ago the presence and importance of meat in the hominid diet is unknown. After stone tools appear in the fossil record it seems clear that meat was eaten in increasing quantities, but whether it was obtained through hunting or scavenging remains a topic of intense debate. This book takes a novel and strongly interdisciplinary approach to the role of meat in the early hominid diet, inviting well-known researchers who study the human fossil record, modern hunter-gatherers, and nonhuman primates to contribute chapters to a volume that integrates these three perspectives. Stanford's research has been on the ecology of hunting by wild chimpanzees. Bunn is an archaeologist who has worked on both the fossil record and modern foraging people. This will be a reconsideration of the role of hunting, scavenging, and the uses of meat in light of recent data and modern evolutionary theory. There is currently no other book, nor has there ever been, that occupies the niche this book will create for itself.
LC Classification NumberGN799.F6M43 2001
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