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How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution And The Formation Of Human Societies, Dwight W. Read
How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution And The Formation Of Human Societies, Dwight W. Read
Dwight W Read
Probably one of the most interesting—and challenging—stories in
the evolution of our species is the transition from our shared
ancestry with other primates to human societies as we know them
today. What makes us like other primates and what makes us different?
These are the evolutionary themes worked out during this crucial
transition. These themes help define what distinguishes our species
from other primate species. The odyssey from the Old World monkeys to the great apes and
then to the development of our unique forms of social organization is,
then, the overall theme of this book. The odyssey begins, as …