Description
What did prominent biologists of the 19th and 20th centuries think about humans, their origins, evolution, ontogeny, and nature, and what about the origins of culture? Does a human have something like 'nature,' and how can it be defined? In comparison to other animal species, is 'the unnaturalness of man' part of human nature? How did the mysterious process of hominization occur at the boundary between 'typical' primates and humans, particularly the development of language, of which hardly any fossil record remains? What role do natural and sexual selection play in the emergence of humans? Why has such a transformation of an animal species into a cultural one occurred only once in history? How do the 'cultures' of other species differ from our human culture? Why are all these questions important to us, and why should they matter? This book of essays attempts to answer these and other questions.
Information
Author: Komárek Stanislav
Publication date: July 14, 2021
Manufacturer: Středisko spol. činností AV ČR, v. v. i.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 196
ISBN/EAN: 9788020032478