About this title: Asserting that the origins of human intelligence are directly connected to the acquisition of meat, an anthropologist relies on studies of nonhuman primates and anthropological documents to demonstrate how group cohesion and interpersonal relationships formed due to the need of prehuman populations to collect, share, and exchange meat.
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Reader copy. Ex-Public Library. COVERS AND PAGE CORNERS SHOW HEAVY WEAR. COCKED SPINE. GOOD BINDING. Library stamps & stickers. SAVE A TREE-BUY USED! ! read more
Description: FINE/FINE. What made humans great was meat or the desire for meat. This is what forced brain development, theorizes author. No markings, straight and tight, bright, clean. 1999, Princeton hardbound, 1st ed (No.1), 253 pp. ISBN 0691011605 read more
Description: Princeton University Press, 1999; Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 253pp; Clean, tight copy, Near Fine/Near Fine cond. Theory that the central factor that led to human uniqueness was the desire for meat, backed up by recent scientific observations. Illustrated. read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: 1999
Description: Textual illustrations. Some rubbing. Slight spine slope. VG. 20x12cm, xi, 253 pp., Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index. Contents: The Indelible Stamp; Man the Hunter and Other Stories; Ape Nature; The View from the Pliocene; The Hunting People; The Ghost in the Gorilla; Meat's Patriarchy. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: 1999
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Shows the remarkable role that meat has played in hunting and gathering societies. The author proposes that perhaps because it provides a highly concentrated source of protein-essential for the development and health of the brain-meat is craved by primates. Includes an Index. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: 1999
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Shows the remarkable role that meat has played in hunting and gathering societies. The author proposes that perhaps because it provides a highly concentrated source of protein-essential for the development and health of the brain-meat is craved by primates. Includes an Index. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691088884ISBN:0691088888
Description: Good. 0691088888 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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