Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending

Broschiertes Buch

The 10,000 Year Explosion

How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

Beschreibung

Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that the human species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before.

Autor

Gregory Cochran is a physicist and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. For many years, he worked on lasers and image enhancement in the field of aerospace. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Henry Harpending holds the Thomas Chair as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Utah. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. A field anthropologist and population geneticist, he helped develop the "Out of Africa" theory of human origins. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending's research has been featured in the New York Times, the Economist, Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, Atlantic Monthly, Science, Seed, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Basic Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780465020423
• ISBN-10: 0465020429
• Artikelnr.: 29920767