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Studying human origins : disciplinary history and epistemology / edited by Raymond Corbey and Wil Roebroeks.

Contributor(s): Corbey, Raymond, 1954- | Roebroeks, Wil
Language: English Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2001.Description: viii, 174p. ; 30cm.ISBN: 9053564640
Contents:
Does disciplinary history matter?: an introduction / Raymond Corbey and Wil Roebroeks; Myths, narratives and the uses of history / Peter J. Bowler; How to benefit from received ideas / Wiktor Stoczkowski; On "normalising" the palaeolithic: an orthodoxy questioned / Tim Murray; From Sangiran to Olduvai, 1937-1960: the quest for "centres" of hominid origins in Asia and Africa / Robin W. Dennell; Biases and double standards in palaeoanthropology / Wil Roebroeks and Raymond Corbey; On savages and simians: continuity and discontinuity in the history of human origin studies / David Van Reybrouck; Taxonomic revolutions and the animal-human boundary / Matt Cartmill; Adaptationism versus cladism in human evolution studies / Richard G. Delisle; Epistemic attitudes and palaeoanthropology: a case study / Herman C.D.G. de Regt; Observations on the epistemology of human origins research / Geoffrey A. Clark; Does disciplinary history matter?: an epilogue / Bert Theunissen.
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Bibliography : p. 153-174.

Does disciplinary history matter?: an introduction / Raymond Corbey and Wil Roebroeks; Myths, narratives and the uses of history / Peter J. Bowler; How to benefit from received ideas / Wiktor Stoczkowski; On "normalising" the palaeolithic: an orthodoxy questioned / Tim Murray; From Sangiran to Olduvai, 1937-1960: the quest for "centres" of hominid origins in Asia and Africa / Robin W. Dennell; Biases and double standards in palaeoanthropology / Wil Roebroeks and Raymond Corbey; On savages and simians: continuity and discontinuity in the history of human origin studies / David Van Reybrouck; Taxonomic revolutions and the animal-human boundary / Matt Cartmill; Adaptationism versus cladism in human evolution studies / Richard G. Delisle; Epistemic attitudes and palaeoanthropology: a case study / Herman C.D.G. de Regt; Observations on the epistemology of human origins research / Geoffrey A. Clark; Does disciplinary history matter?: an epilogue / Bert Theunissen.

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