The Evolution of Human Life History by Kristen Hawkes

The Evolution of Human Life History by Kristen Hawkes

Human beings may share 98 percent of their genetic makeup with their nonhuman primate cousins, but they have distinctive life histories. When and why did these uniquely human patterns evolve? To answer that question, this volume brings together specialists in hunter-gatherer behavioral ecology and demography, human growth, development, and nutrition, paleodemography, human paleontology, primatology, and the genomics of aging. The contributors identify and explain the peculiar features of human life histories, such as the rate and timing of processes that directly influence survival and reproduction. Drawing on new evidence from paleoanthropology, they question existing arguments that link humans extended childhood dependency and long post-reproductive lives to brain development, learning, and distinctively human social structures. The volume reviews alternative explanations for the distinctiveness of human life history and incorporates multiple lines of evidence in order to test them.

Kristen Hawkes,/strong>Distinguished Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Utah, USA

Nancy Barrickman, Assistant Professor, who received her PhD from Duke University, is a biological anthropologist with interests in the evolution life history, complex behavior, and encephalization.

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ISBN 13	9781930618725
ISBN 10	1930618727
Title	The Evolution of Human Life History
Author	Kristen Hawkes
Series	School For Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAR Press
Year published	2006-08-30
Number of pages	526
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