The Biology of Culture. Palaeoanthropology of the genus Homo

How can the extraordinary fate of hominins be explained? Humanity’s close kinship with African great apes has been soundly established today, but our species stands out due to its highly original adaptive features – in terms of locomotion, nutrition, and reproduction – which have enabled its unequal...

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Main Author: Hublin, Jean-Jacques
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Published: Collège de France 2025
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1619732025-07-03T14:40:23Z The Biology of Culture. Palaeoanthropology of the genus Homo Hublin, Jean-Jacques Libbrecht, Liz Homo sapiens human species evolution adaptation origin palaeoanthropology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology How can the extraordinary fate of hominins be explained? Humanity’s close kinship with African great apes has been soundly established today, but our species stands out due to its highly original adaptive features – in terms of locomotion, nutrition, and reproduction – which have enabled its unequalled expansion among vertebrates. The increasingly advanced encephalization of hominins has enabled them to have an ever greater degree of social and technical complexity, which in turn has directly influenced their biological evolution. Understanding human evolution therefore consists in understanding the constant interaction between the biological and the cultural. 2025-07-03T14:40:22Z 2025-07-03T14:40:22Z 2025 book ONIX_20250703T162151_9782722608559_16 2109-9235 9782722608559 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161973 eng Leçons inaugurales image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.7switch.com/fr/ebook/9782722608559/from/openedition https://books.openedition.org/cdf/21621 Collège de France 10.4000/142ki 10.4000/142ki 1aaf812f-8953-49d7-becb-c2b3d34938a7 9782722608559 Paris open access
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Hublin, Jean-Jacques
The Biology of Culture. Palaeoanthropology of the genus Homo
title The Biology of Culture. Palaeoanthropology of the genus Homo
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origin
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