Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution

Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution
ISBN-10
075910316X
ISBN-13
9780759103160
Series
Darwin's Legacy
Category
Science
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Rowman Altamira
Authors
Sue Taylor Parker, Karin Enstam Jaffe

Description

Darwin's Legacy provides a fascinating history of ideas about human evolution, which have been developed and debated since Darwin published The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex in 1871.

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