Domestication of Humans

List of contents

1. Introduction: the empirical context
2. The gracilisation of humans
3. Evolution and pathologies
4. Human self-domestication
5. The unstoppable advance of exograms
6. Effects of the domestication hypothesis

About the author

Robert G. Bednarik is a Professor at the International Centre for Rock Art Dating, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China. He has served as Convener/CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the International Federation of Rock Art Organisations continuously since 1988.

Summary

The Domestication of Humans explains the alternative to the African Eve model by attributing human modernity, not to a speciation event in Africa but the unintended self-domestication of humans. This book is suitable for anyone interested in how and why we became the species that we are today

Product details

• Authors: Robert G. Bednarik, Bednarik Robert G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780367897871
• ISBN: 978-0-367-89787-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Archaeology, Human biology, Medical Anthropology, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, EDUCATION / Teaching / General