The planet of the apes strikes back The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins. By David R.Begun (2016) Princeton: Princeton University Press. x + 246 pp. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-691-14924-0 An Ape's View of Human Evolution. By PeterAndrews (201

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Almécija
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
The Real ◽  
Princeton University

Biology and Behaviour in Human Evolution

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Human Behaviour ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
Biological Perspective ◽  
Patterns And Processes ◽  
Reductionist Approach

Of the diverse approaches to understanding patterns and processes in human evolution, a focus on the biology of behaviour using principles derived from the non-human primates may have some utility for archaeologists. This article seeks to outline some biologically-based areas that could prove fruitful in exploring the origins of human behaviour within the archaeological record. It attempts to initiate a dialogue between biologists, even with their limited understanding of the problems facing those working with human origins, and archaeologists, in the hope that this dialogue will move beyond a simple reductionist approach towards the goal of integrating behaviour into a more sophisticated biological perspective.

Woman the Gatherer

2018 ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Erika Lorraine Milam
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Animal Behavior ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
Male Authority

This chapter considers the research of women anthropologists during this period. It shows how many anthropologists had fought to refute the picture of universal male authority implied by common narratives of human evolution were women, often at the very beginning of what turned out to be long, notable careers. Their research gave fuller form to a rhetorically powerful alternative to Man the Hunter in reconstructions of human origins—Woman the Gatherer. Like her partner, Woman the Gatherer found intellectual support in research on long-extinct human ancestors, studies of human cultures today, and animal behavior, with a new emphasis on field research among primates.

Measuring Moros

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-87
Author(s):  
Michael C. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Human Evolution ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
World's Fair ◽  
The Real ◽  
Olympic Athletes ◽  
Double Function ◽  
Human Difference ◽  
Biological Development ◽  
Primary Measure

This chapter examines the role of Moro bodies in the quantification of humanity at the St. Louis World's Fair. Although Moro bodies were routinely quantified in a variety of contexts, the real measure of the Moros' physical prowess was to be established in a grand athletic spectacle known as “Anthropology Days.” With the 1904 Olympics as a backdrop, anthropologist William J. McGee hoped the Anthropology Days would provide an undeniable comparison between “savage” and “civilized” athletes, thus diminishing emphasis on biological development and endorsing culture and technology as the primary measure of human difference. Ultimately, the Moros' role in the quantification of humanity served an important double function. The “semi-civilized” Moros allowed for notions of Caucasian superiority while simultaneously offering an analogy of physical and cultural improvement for all people, thus affirming the efficacy of colonial tutelage and universal human potential. In this way, the Moros were embedded firmly within the central arch of human evolution rather than on its extremes. Unlike “savage” live exhibits or indeed the exceptional Olympic athletes, Moros were more akin to average American patrons.

Is a more multilateral trade policy possible?

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wyn Grant
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
The Real ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Side Payments ◽  
G 21 ◽  
The Us ◽  
Trade Conflicts

D.A. Irwin, Free Trade Under Fire (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002), 257 pp.F. Jawara and A. Kwa, Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations (London, Zed Books, 2003), 329 pp.Amrita Narlikar, International Trade and Developing Countries: Bargaining Coalitions in the WTO (London, Routledge, 2003), 238 pp.American actions since the collapse of the trade talks at Cancún have suggested that trade conflicts can no longer be solved simply by a bilateral bargain with the EU that is then imposed, with a few side payments, on the other members of the WTO. The emergence of the G-21 (with its fluctuating membership) has at least opened up the possibility that trade negotiations may move away from the US–EU duopoly that has characterised them for so long towards a set of bargaining arrangements that are more multilateral. It may be that the real beneficiaries of these changes will be the emerging countries such as Brazil, China and India, all prominent in the leadership of the G-21, rather than the least developed countries. Thus, for example, opening up trade in sugar could benefit Brazil and harm Mauritius.

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