Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth by Chris Stringer (Author). A number one researcher on human evolution proposes a new and controversial idea of how our species got here to be.

In this groundbreaking and interesting work of science, world-famend paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer units out a new theory of humanity's origin, difficult both the multiregionalists (who hold that fashionable people developed from ancient ancestors in different parts of the world) and his personal "out of Africa" theory, which maintains that people emerged quickly in a single small part of Africa and then unfold to interchange all different humans within and outdoors the continent. Stringer's new concept, based mostly on archeological and genetic evidence, holds that distinct humans coexisted and competed throughout the African continent-exchanging genes, instruments, and behavioral strategies.

Stringer draws on analyses of old and new fossils from around the world, DNA studies of Neanderthals (utilizing the full genome map) and different species, and recent archeological digs to unveil his new theory. He exhibits how probably the most sensational recent fossil findings fit along with his mannequin, and he questions previous ideas (including his own) of modernity and how it evolved.

Lone Survivors would be the definitive account of who and what we had been, and will change perceptions about our origins and about what it means to be human.

This guide goes into an extended option to mesh the worlds of archaeology, genetics, anthropology, and religion. Pondering and questioning minds will love this work. It is an excellent synopsis of the research accomplished in paleoanthropology over the previous couple of hundred years, up to the current day. It supplies a glimpse into what the long run holds pertaining to human evolution. A layman comparable to myself will learn an amazing deal: I did not know that bigger brains aren't essentially "better" and that interbreeding between Neanderthals and different hominids in many ways made us Homo sapiens who we are right this moment and affect not only our bodies but our minds as well. There are just a few places the place the non-geneticist would possibly lavatory down in scientific lexicography, however I discovered it an ideal read. I especially enjoyed chapters 8-9. It is likely to be at a good buy for some ebook/research groups as there are various interesting questions raised and may present quite a lot of great discussions. I extremely suggest this book.

Revision of the history of people, hominids, hominims and different homonyms. There have been multiple species within the human family and apparently (perhaps) were the sole survivors and our survival is a way from assured (from nuclear holocaust to global warming). This can be an enjoyable read using theories of anthropology, paleontology and genetics to explain the 'descent' of man. Actually 'descent of woman' could also be extra apt on account of mtDNA. I loved it - great bit. It rambled a bit - but how may it not - and there have been heaps and lots of information and theories jumbled together. This week's New Scientist is revising the entire thing again. Get pleasure from this book. Fascinating that I first heard about it on Colbert! 

Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth 

Chris Stringer (Author)

336 pages

Times Books (March 13, 2012)

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