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Title: Principles of Human Evolution: A Core Textbook by Roger Lewin ISBN: 0-86542-542-6 Publisher: Blackwell Science Inc Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $76.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: a lousy textbook
Comment: I was considering this textbook for the human evolution class that I am teaching and did not like it. The text is full of unidefined terminology, such as "...intertro-chanteric groove that runs from a small and moderately deep trochanteric fossa to just above the lesser trochanter." (p 238). No discussion of the significance of this feature follows. Discussion of anatomical adaptations to bipedality is very sketchy, limited to basics (1.5 page). There are numerous allusions to circumscientific conflicts, apparently intended for those few dedicated who attend annual AAPA meetings, e. g.: "Although the nature of the discovery is mired in political controversy, there seems to be little doubt..." (p237).
Book design is also very poor, and the illustrations are borderline with unprofessional. I had to go to the original publications to identify the blur objects shown on Fig. 9.6. See also figs 9.7, 11.7, 11.4. Of course, illustrations adapted from John Fleagle's book are great, some presented without proper reference (e.g. Fig 6.24). However, if you want a textbook with Fleagle's illustrations, just buy "Primate Adaptations and Evolution", a great textbook.
Rating: 5
Summary: just trying to counter the review from that theistic lunatic
Comment: Lewin is a great expositor of evolutionary ideas. I get so tired of the lunatics bashing books on evolution at Amazon. Here is a fine book that some might not look closer because of the effect that lunatic has via the weighting of star reviews. I urge everyone sane thinker to join me in diluting that nut. Thanks!
Rating: 4
Summary: An overall comprehensive overview of paleoanthropology
Comment: Well-written for a freshman physical anthropology course, complete with numerous illustrations and charts. Roger Lewin explains in concise and easily-understandable language not only the field of paleoanthropology, but basic evolutionary theory, dating techniques, and paleoprimatology. The book presents multiple views on any debated issue, which should encourage open-mindedness and objectivity among students. However, "Principles of Human Evolution" afforded inadequate coverage to the earliest hominids, instead devoting the whole first half of the text to non-paleoanthropological background information. While this may be useful to beginners, readers who already possess the necessary background will feel inclined to skip ahead. There is also a lack of much anatomical detail, with which the text might have been much more informative and appealing to more advanced anthro readers. Overall, a good book, but there is still room for improvement.
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Title: People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory with CD, 11th Edition by Brian M. Fagan ISBN: 013111316X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $72.00 |
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Title: The Transition to Language (Oxford Linguistics) by International Conference on the Evolution of Language 2000 Ecole Nati, Alison Wray, Rafael C. Gonzalez ISBN: 0199250669 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe by Clive Gamble ISBN: 0521658721 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Historical Dynamics : Why States Rise and Fall by Peter Turchin ISBN: 0691116695 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells ISBN: 069111532X Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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