| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 195 pages) |
| Note |
"A Shearwater book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index. |
| Contents |
The relevance of the past -- Getting a genome -- How we once lived -- How the mind once lived -- Savages again -- Ramancing the potato -- The cowboy alternative -- Wildness and wilderness -- The new mosaic -- a primal closure. |
| Summary |
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, the central tenet of his thought: 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 ills. Coming Home to the Pleistocene provides the fullest explanation of that theme. The book explicitly addresses the fundamental question raised by Shepard's work: What can we do to re-create a life more in tune with our genetic roots? In this book, Shepard presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Hunting and gathering societies.
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Sociobiology.
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Nature and nurture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Hunting and gathering societies. (OCoLC)fst00964206
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Nature and nurture. (OCoLC)fst01034619
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Sociobiology. (OCoLC)fst01123838
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Mensen.
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Evolutietheorie.
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Sociobiologie.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shepard, Florence R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shepard, Paul, 1925- Coming home to the Pleistocene. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1998 (DLC) 98008074 |
| ISBN |
1417594233 (electronic bk.) |
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9781417594238 (electronic bk.) |
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