The Artificial Ape
How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution
(Sprache: Englisch)
Drawing on the latest fossil evidence Taylor argues, that every step of the way, humans made choices that assumed greater control over their own evolution. This is a process that continues today as we push the frontiers of scientific technology creating a new form of artificial humans.
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Drawing on the latest fossil evidence Taylor argues, that every step of the way, humans made choices that assumed greater control over their own evolution. This is a process that continues today as we push the frontiers of scientific technology creating a new form of artificial humans.
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One of the enduring mysteries of human origins is how our ancestors separated from the other great apes and set out on a different evolutionary path: they began to walk upright, lost their body hair, and grew significantly larger brains. These new physical traits changed us so much that we could no longer exist in the wild with our primate cousins without special protection. While Darwin's theory explains our common descent, scientists are grappling with the reasons why human evolution defies the principles of natural selection and why, although we dominate the planet, we have become the weakest ape. In this fascinating narrative, leading archeologist Timothy Taylor proposes that it was our early adoption of tools, objects, and, now, technology that changed us, demonstrating how: Baby slings made out of animal fur freed up our arms up to use tools
Clothes kept us warm reducing our need for body hair
Shelter protected us from the elements and led our bodies to become slighter and physically weaker
Fire enabled us to cook which changed the make up of our stomachs
Drawing on the latest fossil evidence Taylor argues, that every step of the way, humans made choices that assumed greater control over their own evolution. This is a process that continues today as we push the frontiers of scientific technology, creating prosthetics and implants that integrate seamlessly into our bodies creating a new form of artificial humans.
A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolution.
Although humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights outdoors, and wear a thick coat of hair, humans are entirely dependent on artificial things, such as clothing, shelter, and the use of tools, and would die in nature without them. Yet, despite our status as the weakest ape, we are the masters of
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thisplanet. Given these inherent deficits, how did humans come out on top?
In this fascinating new account of our origins, leading archaeologist Timothy Taylor proposes a new way of thinking about human evolution through our relationship with objects. Drawing on the latest fossil evidence, Taylor argues that at each step of our species' development, humans made choices that caused us to assume greater control of our evolution. Our appropriation of objects allowed us to walk upright, lose our body hair, and grow significantly larger brains. As we push the frontiers of scientific technology, creating prosthetics, intelligent implants, and artificially modified genes, we continue a process that started in the prehistoric past, when we first began to extend our powers through objects.
Weaving together lively discussions of major discoveries of human skeletons and artifacts with a reexamination of Darwin's theory of evolution, Taylor takes us on an exciting and challenging journey that begins to answer the fundamental question about our existence: what makes humans unique, and what does that mean for our future?
A new take on the evolutionary story as archaeological evidence unravels the great mystery of why human evolution defies the principles of natural selection
In this fascinating new account of our origins, leading archaeologist Timothy Taylor proposes a new way of thinking about human evolution through our relationship with objects. Drawing on the latest fossil evidence, Taylor argues that at each step of our species' development, humans made choices that caused us to assume greater control of our evolution. Our appropriation of objects allowed us to walk upright, lose our body hair, and grow significantly larger brains. As we push the frontiers of scientific technology, creating prosthetics, intelligent implants, and artificially modified genes, we continue a process that started in the prehistoric past, when we first began to extend our powers through objects.
Weaving together lively discussions of major discoveries of human skeletons and artifacts with a reexamination of Darwin's theory of evolution, Taylor takes us on an exciting and challenging journey that begins to answer the fundamental question about our existence: what makes humans unique, and what does that mean for our future?
A new take on the evolutionary story as archaeological evidence unravels the great mystery of why human evolution defies the principles of natural selection
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Artificial Ape “
Survival of the Weakest Unintelligent Design
Walking and Chewing Gum
Being Borne
The Brno Effect
Men in White Coats
Darwin's Barbarians
De-evolution and Counterbiology
Sailing in Tradescant's Ark
Autoren-Porträt von Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor
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- Autor: Timothy Taylor
- 2010, 256 Seiten, Masse: 15,7 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 0230617638
- ISBN-13: 9780230617636
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.07.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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"This beautifully written and magnificently eclectic book asks questions, encourages discussion, and ardently takes us away from the familiar byways of biological and cultural evolution. "The Artificial Ape" deserves a wide audience...This is Taylor at his best - and his best is very good indeed."--Brian Fagan, author of "The Little Ice Age," for "Current Archaeology" "By the time I had finished reading the first few pages of "The Artificial Ape" I was breathless with excitement, by the time I had finished the last pages I was sure that Taylor's understanding of how humans have evolved, and what makes them unique in the material world changes the debate about human evolution forever. And as if that were not enough, the book is beautifully written."--Christopher Potter, author of "You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe"
"Our lives depend on houses, water pipes, clothes; but Taylor argues that we have been technologically dependent for two million years, from spears and fi
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