Being human : putting people in evolutionary perspective / Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin.
By: Gribbin, Mary
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Contributor(s): Gribbin, John.
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BookPublisher: London : Phoenix, 1993Description: 335 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1857993780.Subject(s): Human evolution | SociobiologyDDC classification: 573.2 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 573.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 05/01/2024 | 00083358 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What is it that makes people human beings? What forms our emotions, our intellect and our relationships with other people? This book tells the story of the global environmental changes that drove an ape to become a human and goes on to explain the modern science of sociobiology.
Bibliography: p. 321-330. - Includes index.
Introduction -- A rather unusual african ape -- Marathon man -- Death and the dinosaurs -- The return of the magnificent mammals -- Children of the ice -- After the ice: viking voyages and a christmas carol -- In praise of sociobiology -- Subtle secrets of sex -- Putting people in perspective -- Dinosaur days are here again.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. The topical range of his prolific writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. He also writes science fiction.In 1984, Gribbin published In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality, the book that he is best known for, which continues to sell well even after years of publication. At the 2009 World Conference of Science Journalists, the Association of British Science Writers presented Gribbin with their Lifetime Achievement award.
(Bowker Author Biography)