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037 $b公共圖書館臺南分區資源中心
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090 $a臺南市立圖書館
100 1 $aDeSilva, Jeremy,$d1976-
245 10$aFirst steps :$bhow upright walking made us human /$cJeremy DeSilva.
246 30$aHow upright walking made us human
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$cc2021.
300 $axvii, 334 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-324) and index.
505 00$tIntroduction --$gPart I:$tThe origin of upright walking.$tHow we walk ;$tT. rex, the Carolina Butcher, and the first bipeds ;$t"How the human stood upright" and other just-so stories about bipedalism ;$tLucy's ancestors ;$tArdi and the River Gods --$gPart II:$tBecoming human.$tAncient footprints ;$tMany ways to walk a mile ;$tHominins on the move ;$tMigration to Middle Earth --$gPart III:$tWalk of life.$tBaby steps ;$tBirth and bipedalism ;$tGait differences and what they mean ;$tMyokines and the cost of immobility ;$tWhy walking helps us think ;$tOf ostrich feet and knee replacements --$gConclusion:$tThe empathetic ape.
520 $aA Dartmouth anthropologist whose team discovered two ancient human species explores how our evolution toward bipedalism rendered us dominant, innovative, more compassionate, and more susceptible to health problems.
520 $aBlending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging exploration by an eminent paleoantrhopologist of how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet's dominant species. Humans are the only mammals to walk on two rather than four legs -- a locomotion known as bipedalism. We strive to be upstanding citizens, to honor those who stand tall and proud, to take a stand against injusticies. We follow in one another's footsteps and celebrate a child beginning to walk. But why and how, exactly, did we take our first steps? And at what cost? Bipedalism has its drawbacks: giving birth is more difficult and dangerous, our running speed is much slower than that of other animals, and we suffer a variety of ailments, from hernias to scoliosis. In First Steps, paleoanthropologist Jeremy DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seemingly everyday ability is. A seven-million-year journey to the very origins of the human lineage, First Steps describes upright walking as a gateway to many of the other attributes that make us human--from our technological abilities and thirst for exploration to our use of language--and how it may have laid the foundation for our species' traits of compassion, empathy, and altruism. Moving from developmental psychology labs to ancient fossil sites throughout Africa and Eurasia, DeSilva brings to life our adventure walking on two legs. Devling deeply into the story of our past and the new discoveries rewriting our understanding of human evolution, First Steps examines how walking upright helped us rise above all other species on this planet. --$cFrom dust jacket.
650 0$aHuman evolution.
650 0$aBipedalism.
650 0$aHuman beings$xOrigin.
653 $a知識性
653 $a科技創新