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John E Pfeiffer The Emergence of Man Pfeiffer First Edition [Hardcover] by Pfeiffer, John E Harper and Row 1974-01-01 Hardcover Used: Good Good Hardcover Publisher: Harper and Row Date of Publication: 1974 Binding: hard cover Edition: First Edition Condition: Good/Fair Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1974, stated First Edition, 477 pages. Now a major 'controversial' classic in anthropology, the author explores the dead and living evidence of human evolution, the use of tools, cranial size issues, and much more, relating it all to modern human society and the nature of modern Man - the author contending that human nature is not as malleable or 'correctable' as is too often supposed in today's trendy thinking, and that many human behaviors and institutions directly correlate to our most distant ancestors' ways - drawing and presenting conclusions similar to those of Robert Ardrey; contains numerous illustations, bibliography, index. DJ is rubbed, stained and stretched. Yellowing on outside page edges. Book askew. Pages clean and binding is tight. Price:
7.00 USD
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