THE EVOLUTION OF MAN - Essays by G. Elliot Smith

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Second edition, published in 1927. The book was first published in June 1924, and reprinted in November 1924. First thus - with a three-page preface to the new edition by the author, dated December 1926. With 50 illustrations including photographs and diagrams. ***Very good in green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt illustration to the front board. The gilt illustration is still beautifully bright, but the spine titles have faded with age. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Bottom corners bumped. No reading creases to the spine. Boards nice and clean with just a light stain on the back board. The spine is slightly browned. Internally near fine with just a light pencil name and date to the front free endpaper. Pages clean. No dustwrapper. Fore-edge and bottom edge of page block untrimmed (rough cut) by the publisher. ***228 mm x150 mm. 195 pages including an Index at the back of the book. ***Contents: Preface, List of Illustrations, Foreword, I. The evolution of Man, II. Primitive Man, III. The Human Brain, Biographical Note, Index. ***'Sir Grafton Elliot Smith Kt FRS FRSE FRCP (15 Aug 1871 - 1 Jan 1937) was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory. He believed in the idea that cultural innovations occur only once, and that they spread geographically. Based on this, he traced the origins of many cultural and traditional practices across the world, including the New World, to ideas that he believed came from Egypt, and in some instances from Asia. An expert on brain anatomy, he was one of the first to study Egyptian mummies using radiological techniques. He took an interest in extinct humanoids and was embroiled in controversy over the authenticity of the Piltdown Man. ***British anthropologists Arthur Keith and Grafton Elliot Smith both supported the European origin of humankind as opposed to models of Asian and African origin. In several of his works, Smith argued that Europe was the cradle of humanity, identifying a European Mediterranean race as the occupants of the original home of modern humans. His cradle was large, as he claimed the Mediterranean race had occupied the Levant, Egypt and western Europe, including the British Isles. He especially linked the Mediterranean race to the civilization of Egypt. Smith's arguments later became known as his theory of diffusionism. According to Smith and William James Perry, Egypt was the source of all cultural innovations and the ultimate source of human civilization. According to Smith, "Man did not become truly erect until his brain had developed in a very particular way to make it possible for him to use his hands". That line of reasoning reinforced the European origin of human, which Smith and Keith supported, as the mostly large brained specimens such as the Cro-Magnon had been found in Europe.' [Wiki] ***Second edition, with a new preface by the author. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. N° de ref. del artículo 7365

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