How Humans Evolved

Eighth Edition

Authors Robert Boyd and Joan B. Silk

"How Humans Evolved" teaches the processes that shape human evolution with a unique blend of evolutionary theory, population genetics and behavioral ecology. The new edition continues to offer the most up-to-date research — in particular, significantly revised coverage of how recent discoveries are shaping our history of human evolution — while now giving you the best tools to engage your students in and out of the classroom.

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Rob Boyd has written widely on evolutionary theory and the role of culture and cooperation in human evolution. He is currently the Origins Professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change and research affiliate with the Institute of Human Origins.

Joan Silk has conducted extensive research on the social lives of monkeys and apes, including extended fieldwork on chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania and on baboons in Kenya and Botswana and the application of evolutionary thinking to human behavior. She is a professor in the School of Evolution and Social Change and research affiliate with the Institute of Human Origins.

How Humans Evolved, Eighth Edition
Date published
Publisher
W.W. Norton
ISBN
9780393270815
Genres
Science, Reference or textbook, Nonfiction, Culture, Biology, Archaeology and anthropology
College or unit
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Institute of Human Origins

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