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The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution (Record no. 2392)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199658794
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 599.93
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Finlayson, Clive
9 (RLIN) 366042
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 27 Mar 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 240 Pages;
Other physical details Hardback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In this fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year evolutionary journey, Finlayson demonstrates the radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and technologies and shows that understanding humans within an ecological context provides insights into the emergence and spread of Homo sapiens worldwide. Finlayson argues that environmental change, particularly availability of water, played a critical role in shaping the direction of human evolution, contributing to our spread and success. He argues that our ancestors carved a niche for themselves by leaving the forest and forcing their way into a long-established community of carnivores in a tropical savannah as climate changes opened up the landscape. They took their chance at high noon, when most other predators were asleep. Adapting to this new lifestyle by shedding their hair and developing an active sweating system to keep cool, being close to fresh water was vital. As the climate dried, our ancestors, already bipedal, became taller and slimmer, more adept at travelling farther in search of water. The challenges of seeking water in a drying landscape moulded the minds and bodies of early humans, and directed their migrations and eventual settlements.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Evolution
9 (RLIN) 366043
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human biology
9 (RLIN) 366044
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
9 (RLIN) 366045
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Science 02/07/2016   599.93 PKLC009820 09/10/2019 02/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 10/05/2016   599.93 PKLC001783 10/05/2016 10/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17