Childhood and Human Evolution

In this accessible and groundbreaking work, Friedrich Kipp shows that childhood and youth--an extended period of nurture and protection from the struggle for existence--have been, and will continue to be, a necessary condition for human evolution. His observations confirm our intuitive feeling that this prolonged phase of human life holds the promise of our future.
Kipp's comparative study of the juvenile stage in animals and humans also sheds surprising new light on the process of human evolution and our relation to the animal primates. In their earliest developmental stage, animals--and the animal primates in particular--display characteristics reminiscent of human children. However these more universal, humanlike characteristics are quickly lost as the animals adapt to specific ecological conditions. The animals' early closeness to the human form and their developmental trajectory away from the human suggests that the main trunk of the evolutionary tree is intimately associated with human evolution.

About the author

Friedrich Kipp (1908-97) was born near Stuttgart, Germany. He became a specialist in ornithology and was widely published. He is the author of two other books on human evolution.

Summary

Shows that childhood is a necessary part of human evolution and compares the characteristics of human children to those of other juvenile primates.

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Kipp, Friedrich A. Kipp, Kipp Friedrich A.
• Assisted by: John Michael Barnes (Translation)
• Publisher: BookSource
• Original title: Die Evolution des Menschen im Hinblick auf seine lange Jugendzeit
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780932776334
• ISBN: 978-0-932776-33-4
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 171 g
• Illustrations: 33 line drawings
• Series: Adonis Press
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution