Name: Human Evolution By Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))
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Human Evolution: An Introduction for the Behavioural Sciences by Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

Originally published in 1987, Human Evolution looks at theories of the evolution of human behaviour (contemporary at the time of publication). The book reviews competing theories of psychological and social evolution and provides a detailed historical introduction to the subject. A key theoretical concern which emerges in the book includes the psychological significance of the human evolution issue itself. The period of human evolution covered ranges from the demise of the Miocene hominoids, to the emergence of 'civilization'. Topics covered include: functions of 'origin myths', history of the study of human evolution, methods and data-bases, theories of the nature of 'hominisation', origins of bipedalism, language and tool-use, theories of social evolution, theories of cave art and the spread of Homo sapiens to America and Australia.

About Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

Graham Richards

Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Nature of the Problem 2. Linnaeus to the Leakeys 3. Methods and Data-Bases 4. Brains and Sex, Meat and Reasons 5. Genes and Culture, Kindness and Speech 6. From Erectus to Sapiens Appendix A: Principal pre-Modern Hominid Fossils Appendix B: Development of the Hominid Jaw Appendix C: Hominid Genealogy - Seventy-Two Possibilities Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

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9780367260248

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Title

Human Evolution: An Introduction for the Behavioural Sciences by Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

Author

Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

Series

Routledge Library Editions: Evolution

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2021-03-31

Number of pages

404

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Human Evolution Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

Human Evolution by Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

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Human Evolution: An Introduction for the Behavioural Sciences by Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

About Graham Richards (Professor of History of Psychology, Staffordshire University UK (Retired), Director of the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre (Retired))

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