Book contents
- The Unstoppable Human Species
- The Unstoppable Human Species
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Hard Evidence
- Chapter 3 Who Are These People?
- Chapter 4 How Did They Get Here?
- Chapter 5 Ancient Africans
- Chapter 6 Going East
- Chapter 7 Down Under
- Chapter 8 Neanderthal Country
- Chapter 9 Going North
- Chapter 10 A Brave New World
- Chapter 11 Movable Feasts
- Chapter 12 Distant Horizons and Stars Beckon
- Chapter 13 Unstoppable? Human Extinction
- Chapter 14 Conclusion
- Book part
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2023
- The Unstoppable Human Species
- The Unstoppable Human Species
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Hard Evidence
- Chapter 3 Who Are These People?
- Chapter 4 How Did They Get Here?
- Chapter 5 Ancient Africans
- Chapter 6 Going East
- Chapter 7 Down Under
- Chapter 8 Neanderthal Country
- Chapter 9 Going North
- Chapter 10 A Brave New World
- Chapter 11 Movable Feasts
- Chapter 12 Distant Horizons and Stars Beckon
- Chapter 13 Unstoppable? Human Extinction
- Chapter 14 Conclusion
- Book part
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
ch 1: This chapter introduces the book’s main themes: differences between dispersals and migrations and their roles in how humans settled the world during prehistoric times. It distinguishes paleoanthropologists “who questions” (questions about prehistoric humans’ identities) from “how questions,” questions about how prehistoric people overcame specific survival challenges. It argues that paleoanthropologists have spent far too much time and energy investigating “who questions” than “how questions” and that progress toward understanding our evolved unstoppability requires more research on how questions. The chapter also explains differences between traditional narrative approaches to explaining human evolution and the comparative approach this work employs.
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- The Unstoppable Human SpeciesThe Emergence of Homo Sapiens in Prehistory, pp. 1 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023