The dominant animal : human evolution and the environment
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- ISBN: 9781597260961 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1597260967 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Shearwater book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-402) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Darwin's legacy and Mendel's mechanism -- 2. The entangled bank -- 3. Our distant past -- 4. Of genes and culture -- 5. Cultural evolution : how we relate to one another -- 6. Perception, evolution, and beliefs -- 7. The ups and downs of populations -- 8. History as cultural evolution -- 9. Cycles of life (and death) -- 10. Ecosystems and human domination of Earth -- 11. Consumption and its costs -- 12. A new imperative -- 13. Altering the global atmosphere -- 14. Energy : are we running out of it? -- 15. Saving our natural capital -- 16. Governance : tackling unanticipated consequences. |
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Subject: | Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- History Human evolution Human-animal relationships -- History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | GF 13 E47 2008 (Text)
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B001208289 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |