“…The main topics of this book are: (1) human migrations, particularly by Homo sapiens who have migrated into most regions of the world and settled in different environments, (2) the development of human technology from early to archaic hominins and Homo sapiens, and (3) human adaptation to new environments and responses to environmental changes caused by climate changes during the Pleistocene. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Expansion of Homo sapiens: The Paleoanthropological Context -- The Discovery of Dolní Věstonice: Research History -- A Calendar of the Ages: Chronology -- The Face of the Landscape: Paleoecology -- Hunters in the Landscape: Settlement Archeology -- Everyday Life: Paleoethnology -- Take but Do Not Exhaust: Subsistence -- Materials and Artefacts: Technology -- Before the Neolithic: Technological Innovation -- The Domestication of Features: Rituals and Symbols -- And Then Comes Death: Anthropology and Genetics -- Collapse, Survival, and Regeneration -- Appendix: Contributors to Specialized Volumes of the Dolní Věstonice Studies Series, no. 2-6, 12, 14, 18, 21.…”

“…Los últimos neandertales se extinguen y el reinado del Homo sapiens se acerca. Una tribu de Homo Sapiens, los Ulams, que saben conservar el fuego pero no fabricarlo, es atacada por una tribu de neandertales, los Wagabous. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Principales características del Antropoceno -- Capítulo 2. El Homo sapiens en el planeta -- La breve presencia del Homo sapiens -- Los impactos humanos sobre el planeta -- Capítulo 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Introduction: framing the problem; I Questioning the "scientized" image; II Why we primates are not "game theorists"; III The selecting of Homo sapiens; IV Brain matters; V A thirst for meaning; VI How experience shapes the brain; VII "Who am I?" …”

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