The climate connection :
Hetherington, Renee,
The climate connection : change and modern evolution / Renee Hetherington, Robert G.B. Reid. - xviii , 422 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, appendices and index.
1. Introduction -- Part one : Early human history -- 2. From ape to human : the emergence of hominins -- 3. Human behavioural evolution -- 4. The migrations and diaspora of Homo -- Part two : Climate during the last glacial cycle -- 5. Climate change over the last 135 000 years -- 6. The effect of 135 000 years of changing climate on the global landscape -- Part three : The interaction between climate and humans -- 7. The interaction between climate and humans -- 8. Climate and agriculture -- 9. Climate and our future -- Appendices : The biological background to the story of evolution -- Appendix A - Evolution theory -- Appendix B - Developmental evolution -- Appendix C - Human adaptability : the pysiological foundation.
978-0-521-14723-1
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Human evolution.
Climatic changes.
GF 71 / H48 2010
The climate connection : change and modern evolution / Renee Hetherington, Robert G.B. Reid. - xviii , 422 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, appendices and index.
1. Introduction -- Part one : Early human history -- 2. From ape to human : the emergence of hominins -- 3. Human behavioural evolution -- 4. The migrations and diaspora of Homo -- Part two : Climate during the last glacial cycle -- 5. Climate change over the last 135 000 years -- 6. The effect of 135 000 years of changing climate on the global landscape -- Part three : The interaction between climate and humans -- 7. The interaction between climate and humans -- 8. Climate and agriculture -- 9. Climate and our future -- Appendices : The biological background to the story of evolution -- Appendix A - Evolution theory -- Appendix B - Developmental evolution -- Appendix C - Human adaptability : the pysiological foundation.
978-0-521-14723-1
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Human evolution.
Climatic changes.
GF 71 / H48 2010