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2. Bestial Origins, Godlike Aspirations: Mythic Views of Man’s Place in Nature

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© 2019 Columbia University Press

© 2019 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents IX
  3. 1. Of Myths and Mankind 1
  4. 2. Bestial Origins, Godlike Aspirations: Mythic Views of Man’s Place in Nature 19
  5. 3. Evolution: The Myth of Constant Adaptive Change 29
  6. 4. Patterns Great and Small: Evolutionary Change and the Fossil Record 55
  7. 5. Fossils and Finders: The Cast of Characters in Human Evolution 67
  8. 6. Patterns in Human Evolution 119
  9. 7. Patterns in History 161
  10. 8. Beyond Patterns: Theories of Change 175
  11. Epilogue: Our Evolutionary Future? 183
  12. Index 189
The Myths of Human Evolution
This chapter is in the book The Myths of Human Evolution
https://doi.org/10.7312/eldr92074-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents IX
  3. 1. Of Myths and Mankind 1
  4. 2. Bestial Origins, Godlike Aspirations: Mythic Views of Man’s Place in Nature 19
  5. 3. Evolution: The Myth of Constant Adaptive Change 29
  6. 4. Patterns Great and Small: Evolutionary Change and the Fossil Record 55
  7. 5. Fossils and Finders: The Cast of Characters in Human Evolution 67
  8. 6. Patterns in Human Evolution 119
  9. 7. Patterns in History 161
  10. 8. Beyond Patterns: Theories of Change 175
  11. Epilogue: Our Evolutionary Future? 183
  12. Index 189
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