Living in a dangerous climate : Climate change and human evolution / Renee Hetherington
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Descript
xvi, 256p. : oll, maps ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Evolution and the human condition. -- Putting our emergent house in order. -- The cradle of humankind. -- The Neanderthal enigma. -- The end of homo diversity. -- Climate and human migration. -- Braving the new world. -- Agriculture and the rise of civilization. -- The Maya civilization and beyond. -- Dominance destabilized. -- Fitness folly. -- Darwin the selector. -- Hunting down Woody. -- Kammerer's suicide. -- Giants and pygmies. -- Dutch hunger Winter babies.-- Today and tomorrow. -- Dead zones. -- The economic connection. -- The progress of dominance. -- Dangerous attitudes. -- Helpful strangers. -- Triumphant oblivion. -- Our children. -- Living in a dangerous climate.