Thinking Big读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 224页 | 2020 | Thames & Hudson |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 35.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-09-09 … | 29 |
A closer look at genealogy, incorporating how biological, anthropological, and technical factors can influence human lives
We are at a pivotal moment in understanding our remote ancestry and its implications for how we live today. The barriers to what we can know about our distant relatives have been falling as a result of scientific advance, such as decoding the genomes of humans and Neanderthals, and bringing together different perspectives to answer common questions. These collaborations have brought new knowledge and suggested fresh concepts to examine. The results have shaken the old certainties.
The results are profound; not just for the study of the past but for appreciating why we conduct our social lives in ways, and at scales, that are familiar to all of us. But such basic familiarity raises a dilemma. When surrounded by the myriad technical and cultural innovations that support our global, urbanized lifestyles we can lose sight of the small social worlds we actually inhabit and that can be traced deep into our ancestry. So why do we need art, religion, music, kinship, myths, and all the other facets of our over-active imaginations if the reality of our effective social worlds is set by a limit of some one hundred and fifty partners (Dunbar’s number) made of family, friends, and useful acquaintances? How could such a social community lead to a city the size of London or a country as large as China? Do we really carry our hominin past into our human present? It is these small worlds, and the link they allow to the study of the past that forms the central point in this book.
作者简介罗宾·邓巴
著名进化人类学家，牛津大学认知及进化人类学学院院长、教授，“邓巴数”提出者，即人类智力允许人类拥有稳定社交网络的人数是150人，邓巴数理论被认为是诸多人力资源管理及社交网络服务的基础。
克莱夫·甘伯尔
南安普敦大学考古学教授。
约翰·格列特
利物浦大学考古学教授。
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