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Coming Home to the Pleistocene
Paul Shepard
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Paperback. The Pleistocene was the age of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Shepard sets out to show how much of what we call "culture" can be traced back through our evolution from that formative stage. Num Pages: 237 pages, tables. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ... Read more
Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781559635905
SKU
V9781559635905
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About Paul Shepard
Before his death in 1996, Paul Shepard was Avery Professor of Human Ecology and Natural Philosophy at Pitzer College and the Claremont Graduate School. Among his books are The Others: How Animals Make Us Human (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1995) and Encounters with Nature, (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1999).
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