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The Cradle of Humanity

How the Changing Landscape of Africa Made Us So Smart
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256 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am26.01.2017
What drove the evolution of humans, with our uniquely big brains? The Cradle of Humanity presents fascinating and controversial new research which suggests that the geological and climatic history of East Africa's Rift Valley are at the heart of the answer.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextWhat drove the evolution of humans, with our uniquely big brains? The Cradle of Humanity presents fascinating and controversial new research which suggests that the geological and climatic history of East Africa's Rift Valley are at the heart of the answer.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-870452-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2017
Erscheinungsdatum26.01.2017
Seiten256 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 139 mm, Höhe 223 mm, Dicke 27 mm
Gewicht386 g
Artikel-Nr.40131836

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: In the Beginning2: Early Human Evolution3: Tectonic and Climate4: Cradle of Humanity5: Global Climate Change6: Celestial Mechanics7: African Climate Pulses8: The Social Brain9: Future of Humanity10: The story so farFurther Readingmehr

Autor

Mark Maslin (FRGS, FRSA) is a Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences at University College London, and is currently a Royal Society Industrial Fellow. He was the former Director of the UCL Environment Institute and Head of the Department of Geography, and in recent years has presented over 45 public talks, at the UK Space conference, Oxford, Cambridge, Tate Modern, Royal Society of Medicine, British Museum, Natural History Museum, Freshfields, Goldman Sachs and both the Norwegian and UK Government. He has been published in multiple journals, and is the author of Climate: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2014), now in its third editon.