Second nature : economic origin of human evolution /
Was exchange an early agent of human evolution or is it merely a de novo artifact of modern civilisation? Here, Haim Ofek explores the impact of market forces on human evolution, from the feed-as-you-go strategy typical of primates to the development of agriculture and the domestication of fire.
Основен автор: | Ofek, Haim, 1936- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77959 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Second nature. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction
- Exchange in human and nonhuman societies
- Classical economics and classical Darwinism
- Evolutionary implications of division of labor
- The feeding ecology
- The origins of nepotistic exchange
- The origins of market exchange
- Baboon speciation vs human speciation
- Tool making and food sharing
- The global environment
- The Upper Paleolithic and other creative explosions
- The rise of agriculture.