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  • 12 - On Religion, War and Terrorism in the Globalized World

  • Deborah Barsky
  • Book:
    Human Prehistory
    Published online:
    20 August 2022
    Print publication:
    18 August 2022, pp 184-197

  • Summary

    Chapter 12 applies what we have learned from prehistory to explain why religions exist and how they emerged and persisted into the present day even while their precepts are clearly contrary to all that we have learned from science. Looking at the present human challenges of warfare and terrorism from an evolutionary standpoint helps readers to better understand and deal with the problems of our modern globalized world.

  • 2 - Prehistory

  • Deborah Barsky
  • Book:
    Human Prehistory
    Published online:
    20 August 2022
    Print publication:
    18 August 2022, pp 26-46

  • Summary

    Chapter 2 explains the multidisciplinary nature of prehistoric archeology, providing an overview of many of the disciplines and explaining their basic applications in the field. It describes how archeological data is amassed and interpreted in ever-more efficient ways thanks to constantly evolving modern technologies.

  • 6 - Conquest

  • Deborah Barsky
  • Book:
    Human Prehistory
    Published online:
    20 August 2022
    Print publication:
    18 August 2022, pp 101-119

  • Summary

    Chapter 6 presents data about the first members of our own species, Homo sapiens, and how they lived and shared the planet with at least five other species of Homo. It presents the cultural succession of the Upper Paleolithic and the repercussions that our species had on the planet and other life forms as members spread out into virgin territories of the world.

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