The Botanic Age

Auteur

Dean Falk is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Trained as a biological anthropologist, Falk is interested in the evolution of the brain and the emergence of human cognitive abilities that led to language, music, analytical thinking, and warfare. She has directed collaborative research on the brains and skulls of nonhuman primates, prehistoric human relatives, and recent humans including Homo floresiensis (aka “Hobbit”) and Albert Einstein. In addition to numerous scientific and popular articles, Falk has written many books, including Braindance, Finding Our Tongues, The Fossil Chronicles, and, with Eve Penelope Schofield, Geeks, Genes, and the Evolution of Asperger Syndrome.

Texte du rabat

Identifying a period before the Stone Age that represents a key turning point in human evolution, The Botanic Age provides a fascinating new look at the first three million years of hominin existence.

Contenu

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction

1. Baskets in the Trees

2. Baskets Go to Ground

3. Did You Make Your Nest This Morning?

4. From Tree Nests to Baby Carriers

5. First Came Wood, then Came Stone

6. Babies Fall, Language Rises

7. What’s Hobbit Got to Do with It?

Conclusion

People behind the Book
Notes
References
Index