Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic (Hardcover)

Ryan J. Rabett

ISBN 10: 1107018293 / ISBN 13: 9781107018297

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012

Hardcover. This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene. In studying the unique character of the Asian archaeological record, it reassesses long-accepted propositions about the development of human 'modernity.' Ryan J. Rabett reveals an evolutionary relationship between colonization, the challenges encountered during this process especially in relation to climatic and environmental change and the forms of behaviour that emerged. This book argues that human modernity is not something achieved in the remote past in one part of the world, but rather is a diverse, flexible, responsive and ongoing process of adaptation. This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene. In studying the unique character of the Asian archaeological record, it reassesses long-accepted propositions about the development of human 'modernity'. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781107018297

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This book examines the first human colonization of Asia and particularly the tropical environments of Southeast Asia during the Upper Pleistocene.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Ryan J. Rabett is a Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on archaeological sites in Asia and since 2007 he has been the director of a major project in northern Vietnam. He is the author of more than forty articles, which primarily focus on prehistoric subsistence and technological strategies in Asia.

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Titel: Human Adaptation in the Asian Palaeolithic (...
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Hardcover
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