The climate connection [Book] : climate change and modern human evolution / Renée Hetherington, Robert G.B. Reid.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xviii, 422 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780521197700 (hbk.)
- 0521197708 (hbk.)
- 9780521147231 (pbk.)
- 0521147239 (pbk.)
- 304.25 22
- 304.25
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Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad | 304.25 HET-C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 40117 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-406) and index.
1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Early human history -- 2. From ape to human: the emergence of hominins -- 3. Human behavioural evolution -- 4. migrations and diaspora of Homo -- Pt. II. Climate during the last glacial cycle -- 5. Climate change over the last 135 000 years -- 6. effect of 135 000 years of changing climate on the global landscape -- Pt. III. interaction between climate and humans -- 7. interaction between climate and humans -- 8. Climate and agriculture -- 9. Climate and our future -- Appendices: The biological background to the story of evolution -- App. A. Evolutionary theory -- App. B. Developmental evolution -- App. C. Human adaptability: the physiological foundation.
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