The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution.

The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution.

no === A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolution. Although humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights...

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Main Author: Taylor, Timothy F.
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Artificial Ape
Human evolution
Society
Technology
Weapons
Social development
Slings
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4775
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spelling ndltd-BRADFORD-oai-bradscholars.brad.ac.uk-10454-47752019-08-31T03:02:45Z The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution. Taylor, Timothy F. Artificial Ape Human evolution Society Technology Weapons Social development Slings no A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolution. Although humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights outdoors, and wear a thick coat of hair, humans are entirely dependent on artificial things, such as clothing, shelter, and the use of tools, and would die in nature without them. Yet, despite our status as the weakest ape, we are the masters of this planet. Given these inherent deficits, how did humans come out on top? 2011-02-03T12:56:50Z 2011-02-03T12:56:50Z 2010 Book Taylor, T. F. (2010). The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-0-230-61763-6. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4775 en http://us.macmillan.com/theartificialape
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Human evolution
Society
Technology
Weapons
Social development
Slings
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Society
Technology
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Social development
Slings
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The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution.
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