How Culture Makes Us Human - Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies

In this engaging, thought-provoking book, Dwight Read explores the fundamental scientific debate about how culture and social organization separate humans from our primate cousins.

List of contents

Introduction1. The Primate Beginning Point2. The Hunter-Gatherer Ending Point3. The Chimpanzee Middle Point4. From OW Monkeys to Chimpanzees to Humans5. Transition to Relational Systems of Social OrganizationConclusionReferencesIndex

About the author

Read, Dwight W

Summary

In this engaging, thought-provoking book, Dwight Read explores the fundamental scientific debate about how culture and social organization separate humans from our primate cousins.

Product details

• Authors: Dwight W Read
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9781598745887
• ISBN: 978-1-59874-588-7
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Series: Key Questions in Anthropology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)