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      • Haim Ofek, State University of New York, Binghamton
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 July 2010
      25 October 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511754937
      9780521623995
      9780521625340
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511754937
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.612kg, 266 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.452kg, 268 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Animal Behaviour, Life Sciences, Biological Anthropology and Primatology
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    Was exchange an early agent of human evolution or is it merely an artefact of modern civilisation? Spanning two million years of human evolution, this book explores the impact of economics on human evolution and natural history. The theory of evolution by natural selection has always relied in part on progress in areas of science outside biology. By applying economic principles at the borderlines of biology, Haim Ofek shows how some of the outstanding issues in human evolution, such as the increase in human brain size and the expansion of the environmental niche humans occupied, can be answered. He identifies distinct economic forces at work, beginning with the transition from the feed-as-you-go strategy of primates, through hunter-gathering and the domestication of fire to the development of agriculture. This highly readable book will inform and intrigue general readers and those in fields such as evolutionary biology and psychology, economics, and anthropology.

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    ‘… the boldness, coherence, and sweep of the book are impressive … an exhilarating and interesting read that raises powerful questions about how humans got here and how we should be studied.’

    Source: Science

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