Apes and Human Evolution

Apes and Human Evolution
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 1089
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ISBN-10 : 9780674073166
ISBN-13 : 0674073169
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Book Synopsis Apes and Human Evolution by : Russell H. Tuttle

Download or read book Apes and Human Evolution written by Russell H. Tuttle and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 1089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Tuttle synthesizes a vast literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. He refutes the theory that we are sophisticated, instinctively aggressive and destructive killer apes.


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