10,000 Year Explosion - How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Cochran is a physicist and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. For many years, he worked on lasers and image enhancement in the field of aerospace. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Henry Harpending holds the Thomas Chair as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Utah. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. A field anthropologist and population geneticist, he helped develop the "Out of Africa" theory of human origins. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending's research has been featured in the New York Times, the Economist, Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, Atlantic Monthly, Science, Seed, and more. Klappentext Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that the human species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before. Zusammenfassung Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that our species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Cochran, Gregory/ Harpending Cochran, Henry Harpending
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9780465020423
• ISBN: 978-0-465-02042-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 237 mm x 21 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)