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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    27 October 2021
    09 December 2021
    ISBN:
    9781108590891
    9781108492065
    9781108710060
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590891
    Dimensions:
    (253 x 177 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.87kg, 348 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (254 x 178 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.658kg, 352 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
    Series:
    Cambridge World Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
    Series:
    Cambridge World Archaeology
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    In this book, Jennifer French presents a new synthesis of the archaeological, palaeoanthropological, and palaeogenetic records of the European Palaeolithic, adopting a unique demographic perspective on these first two-million years of European prehistory. Unlike prevailing narratives of demographic stasis, she emphasises the dynamism of Palaeolithic populations of both our evolutionary ancestors and members of our own species across four demographic stages, within a context of substantial Pleistocene climatic changes. Integrating evolutionary theory with a socially oriented approach to the Palaeolithic, French bridges biological and cultural factors, with a focus on women and children as the drivers of population change. She shows how, within the physiological constraints on fertility and mortality, social relationships provide the key to enduring demographic success. Through its demographic focus, French combines a 'big picture' perspective on human evolution with careful analysis of the day-to-day realities of European Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities—their families, their children, and their lives.

    Awards

    Finalist, 2023 Book Award, Society for American Archaeology

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