Rough and tumble : aggression, hunting, and human evolution /

Rough and tumble : aggression, hunting, and human evolution /

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Author / Creator:Pickering, Travis Rayne.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Social evolution.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11180827
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ISBN:0520955129
9780520955127
9780520274006
0520274008
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution, one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet. He challenges the traditional link between aggression and human predation, however, claiming that while aggressive attack is a perfectly efficient way for our chimpanzee cousins to kill prey, it was a hopeless tactic for early human hunters, who-in comparison to their large, potentially dangerous prey-were small, weak, and slow-footed. Technology that evolved.
Other form:Print version: Pickering, Travis Rayne. Rough and tumble. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013 9780520274006 0520274008

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