The Evolution of Human Life History

by Jesper Boldsen, Barry Bogin, Elissa Krakauer, et al.

Book Overview

Human beings may share 98 percent of their genetic makeup with their nonhuman primate cousins, but they have distinctive life histories. When and why did these uniquely human patterns evolve? To answer that question, this volume brings together specialists in hunter-gatherer behavioral ecology and demography, human growth, development, and nutrition, paleodemography, human paleontology, primatology, and the genomics of aging. The contributors identify...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930618727
• ISBN13: 9781930618725
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.7"