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_b.M37 2017
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100 1 _aMaslin, Mark,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe cradle of humanity :
_bhow the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart /
_cMark Maslin ; [foreword by Richard Leakey].
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017
300 _axxiv, 228 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-225) and index.
505 0 _aEarly human evolution -- Tectonics and climate -- Cradle of humanity -- Global climate change -- Celestial mechanics -- African climate pulses -- The social brain -- The future of humanity.
520 _aPOPULAR SCIENCE. Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. So how did we become the worlds apex predator and take over the planet? Fundamental to our success is our intelligence, not only individually but more importantly collectively. But why did evolution favour the brainy ape? Given the calorific cost of running our large brains, not to mention the difficulties posed for childbirth, this bizarre adaptation must have given our ancestors a considerable advantage.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
650 0 _aIntellect.
650 0 _aHuman evolution
_zAfrica, East.
650 0 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of climate on
_zAfrica, East
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of environment on
_zAfrica, East
_xHistory.
650 0 _aLandscape changes
_zAfrica, East
_xHistory.
650 0 _aClimatic changes
_zAfrica, East
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPaleoclimatology
_zAfrica, East.
650 0 _aPaleoecology
_zAfrica, East.
650 7 _aPaleoecology.
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650 7 _aPaleoclimatology.
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650 7 _aLandscape changes.
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650 7 _aIntellect.
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650 7 _aHuman evolution.
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650 7 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of environment on.
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650 7 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of climate on.
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650 7 _aClimatic changes.
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651 7 _aAfrica, East.
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650 7 _aEvolution
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650 7 _aKlimaänderung
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651 7 _aRift Valley
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650 7 _aSCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 _aLeakey, Richard E.,
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