Author: Gregory Cochran
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465020429
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0465020429
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
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Basic Books (AZ) 9780465020423 The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Description Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that the human species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before. *Author: Cochran, Gregory/ Harpending, Henry *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 288 *Publication Date: 2010/10/19 *Age Level: 18 - UP *Language: English *Dimensions: 9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inches SKU: UBM9780465020423 P
Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.
Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunningly original account of our evolutionary history, top scholars Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending reject this conventional wisdom and reveal that the human species has undergone a storm of genetic change much more recently. Human evolution in fact accelerated after civilization arose, they contend, and these ongoing changes have played a pivotal role in human history. They argue that biology ex
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
The 10000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution: Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending
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The 10000 Year Explosion : Paperback : The Perseus Books Group : 9780465020423 : 0465020429 : 18 Nov 2010 : Reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race. Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, this title demonstrates that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed.
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Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.
Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans
They argue that biology ex
