Modern Humans
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Modern Humans

Their African Origin and Global Dispersal

John Hoffecker

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Modern Humans

Their African Origin and Global Dispersal

John Hoffecker

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Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of anatomically modern people ( Homo sapiens ) in Africa less than half a million years ago and their later spread throughout the world. Leaving no stone unturned, John F. Hoffecker demonstrates that Homo sapiens represents a "major transition" in the evolution of living systems in terms of fundamental changes in the role of non-genetic information.

Modern Humans synthesizes recent findings from genetics (including the rapidly growing body of ancient DNA), the human fossil record, and archaeology relating to the African origin and global dispersal of anatomically modern people. Hoffecker places humans in the broad context of the evolution of life, emphasizing the critical role of genetic and non-genetic forms of information in living systems as well as how changes in the storage, transmission, and translation of information underlie major transitions in evolution. He also draws on information and complexity theory to explain the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa several hundred thousand years ago and the rapid and unprecedented spread of our species into a variety of environments in Australia and Eurasia, including the Arctic and Beringia, beginning between 75,000 and 60,000 years ago. This magisterial work will appeal to all with an interest in the ever-fascinating field of human evolution.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780231543743
Topic
Biowissenschaften
Subtopic
Entwicklung

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1. Information, Complexity, and Human Evolution
  7. 2. Modern Human Origins and Dispersal: The Synthesis
  8. 3. An Evolutionary Context for Homo sapiens
  9. 4. Recent African Origin
  10. 5. Global Dispersal: Southern Asia and Australia
  11. 6. Global Dispersal: Northern Eurasia
  12. 7. Global Dispersal: Beringia and the Americas
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Hoffecker, J. (2017). Modern Humans ([edition unavailable]). Columbia University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/773878/modern-humans-their-african-origin-and-global-dispersal-pdf (Original work published 2017)

Chicago Citation

Hoffecker, John. (2017) 2017. Modern Humans. [Edition unavailable]. Columbia University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/773878/modern-humans-their-african-origin-and-global-dispersal-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Hoffecker, J. (2017) Modern Humans. [edition unavailable]. Columbia University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/773878/modern-humans-their-african-origin-and-global-dispersal-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Hoffecker, John. Modern Humans. [edition unavailable]. Columbia University Press, 2017. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.