From primitives to primates : a history of ethnographic and primatological analogies in the study of prehistory /
Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th century to this day - often far beyond the available evidence. Victorian scholars were keen to look at contemporary Australian and Tasmanian aboriginals to understand the enigmatic Neanderthal fossils. Likewise, today's primatologists debate to what extent bonobos, baboons or chimps may be regarded as stand-ins for early human ancestors. The belief that the contemporary. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (viewed June 26, 2013). Behavioural ecology. EBSCO eBook History Collection EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America OAPEN Library |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (373 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789088901287 9088901287 |
