tailieunhanh - Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution

Understanding the origins of humanity has long been one of our foremost intellectual pursuits, and one that greatly interests the general public as evidenced by museum attendance and by numerous media productions and general interest publications. Progress toward an improved understanding of our heritage is a continuing challenge for the scientific community, requiring advances in a range of disciplines that include archaeology, anthropology, geology, biology, oceanography, and genetics, and particularly research advances in areas where two or more of these fields intersect. One of the key questions in this interdisciplinary quest is how the environment, and specifically climate, shaped the evolution of our species and that of our close. | Understanding Climate s Influence on Human Evolution Committee on the Earth system Context for Hominin Evolution National Research Council ISBN 0-309-14839-1 128 pages 6 x 9 2010 This free PDF was downloaded from http catalog Visit the National Academies Press online the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council Download hundreds of free books in PDF Read thousands of books online free Sign up to be notified when new books are published Purchase printed books Purchase PDFs Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. If you have comments questions or just want more information about the books published by the National Academies Press you may contact our customer service department toll-free at 888-624-8373 visit us online or send an email to comments@. This free book plus thousands more books are available at http . Copyright National Academy of Sciences. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for noncommercial educational purposes provided that this notice appears on the reproduced materials the Web address of the online full authoritative version is retained and copies are not altered. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the National Academies Press. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Advisers to the Notion on Science Engineering and Medicine Understanding Climate s Influence on Human Evolution http catalog UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE S INFLUENCE ON HUMAN EVOLUTION Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Understanding Climate s Influence on Human