Man The Hunter
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 5th Printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark in the study of human origins, Man the Hunter presents a sweeping examination of hunter-gatherer societies from around the globe, arguing that the foraging way of life was not a brutish struggle for survival but a sophisticated and successful adaptation that defined humanity for the vast majority of its existence. Edited by Richard B. Lee and Irven DeVore, this volume compiles the groundbreaking proceedings of a 1966 symposium held at the University of Chicago, bringing together contributions from over 75 distinguished scholars in anthropology, archaeology, and related fields. The book chronicles the daily lives, social structures, subsistence strategies, and demographic patterns of hunting and gathering peoples across Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Americas, painting a richly detailed portrait of our prehistoric ancestors. A watershed text in twentieth-century anthropology, Man the Hunter fundamentally reshaped academic understanding of human evolution and pre-agricultural society, dismantling long-held assumptions about early human life and introducing the now-famous concept of the original affluent society. Lee and DeVore's editorial vision unifies a vast body of fieldwork into a coherent and provocative argument about what it truly means to be human. Decades after its first publication, this volume remains essential reading for anyone curious about the deep roots of human behaviour and the societies that shaped our species long before the advent of civilization.
Author: Richard B. Lee And Irven Devore
Format: Paperback
Published: 1975, Aldine Publishing Company
Genre: Anthropology
Edition: 5th Printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark in the study of human origins, Man the Hunter presents a sweeping examination of hunter-gatherer societies from around the globe, arguing that the foraging way of life was not a brutish struggle for survival but a sophisticated and successful adaptation that defined humanity for the vast majority of its existence. Edited by Richard B. Lee and Irven DeVore, this volume compiles the groundbreaking proceedings of a 1966 symposium held at the University of Chicago, bringing together contributions from over 75 distinguished scholars in anthropology, archaeology, and related fields. The book chronicles the daily lives, social structures, subsistence strategies, and demographic patterns of hunting and gathering peoples across Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Americas, painting a richly detailed portrait of our prehistoric ancestors. A watershed text in twentieth-century anthropology, Man the Hunter fundamentally reshaped academic understanding of human evolution and pre-agricultural society, dismantling long-held assumptions about early human life and introducing the now-famous concept of the original affluent society. Lee and DeVore's editorial vision unifies a vast body of fieldwork into a coherent and provocative argument about what it truly means to be human. Decades after its first publication, this volume remains essential reading for anyone curious about the deep roots of human behaviour and the societies that shaped our species long before the advent of civilization.