{"product_id":"modern-humans-their-african-origin-and-global-dispersal-hardcover","title":"Modern Humans: Their African Origin and Global Dispersal - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Hoffecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Humans\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid account of the most recent--and perhaps the most important--phase of human evolution: the appearance of anatomically modern people (\u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e) in Africa less than half a million years ago and their later spread throughout the world. Leaving no stone unturned, John F. Hoffecker demonstrates that \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e represents a \"major transition\" in the evolution of living systems in terms of fundamental changes in the role of non-genetic information. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Humans\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes recent findings from genetics (including the rapidly growing body of ancient DNA), the human fossil record, and archaeology relating to the African origin and global dispersal of anatomically modern people. Hoffecker places humans in the broad context of the evolution of life, emphasizing the critical role of genetic and non-genetic forms of information in living systems as well as how changes in the storage, transmission, and translation of information underlie major transitions in evolution. He also draws on information and complexity theory to explain the emergence of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e in Africa several hundred thousand years ago and the rapid and unprecedented spread of our species into a variety of environments in Australia and Eurasia, including the Arctic and Beringia, beginning between 75,000 and 60,000 years ago. This magisterial work will appeal to all with an interest in the ever-fascinating field of human evolution.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn F. Hoffecker is a fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has conducted field research in Alaska and Eastern Europe and is the author of \u003ci\u003eDesolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eA Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes\u003c\/i\u003e (2005); (with Scott A. Elias) \u003ci\u003eHuman Ecology of Beringia\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2007); and\u003ci\u003e Landscape of the Mind: Human Evolution and the Archaeology of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102145613904,"sku":"9780231160766","price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/VThRaVNab0pzaWUxMUwwRXpDL2x5dz09.webp?v=1772081847","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/modern-humans-their-african-origin-and-global-dispersal-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}