A Critique on the Book “From Arabia to the Pacific: How Our Species Colonised Asia”
Professor Robin Dennell is one of the most well-known Paleolithic archaeologists with a specialty on Asia. His recent book, published by Routledge Publication in 2020, is a good example of borrowing ecological and biological concepts, and in particular, invasion biology in archaeology. The focus of...
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| description | Professor Robin Dennell is one of the most well-known Paleolithic archaeologists with a specialty on Asia. His recent book, published by Routledge Publication in 2020, is a good example of borrowing ecological and biological concepts, and in particular, invasion biology in archaeology. The focus of this book is on the dispersal of Middle and Upper Paleolithic hominins and the dynamism of their range expansion/ contraction in Asia. In the book, our species, modern human, is introduced as an invasive species from an ecological point of view; because such groups quickly settled across the whole ancient continent and in doing so, others, such as Neanderthals became extinct. This occurrence put an end to the biological diversity of the genus Homo forever. Due to its comprehensiveness, the use of the most up-to-date evidence and publications, as well as the interdisciplinary approaches, the book is a must-read for Paleolithic archaeologists interested in the mobility of human populations, landscape archaeology, the exodus of modern humans out of Africa, and the resultant colonization of Asia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a81cd72f015e49daa3e29642dcd331cc2025-01-08T05:42:01ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502021-10-0121840943210.30465/crtls.2021.33874.20617027A Critique on the Book “From Arabia to the Pacific: How Our Species Colonised Asia”Seyyed Milad Hashemi0Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranProfessor Robin Dennell is one of the most well-known Paleolithic archaeologists with a specialty on Asia. His recent book, published by Routledge Publication in 2020, is a good example of borrowing ecological and biological concepts, and in particular, invasion biology in archaeology. The focus of this book is on the dispersal of Middle and Upper Paleolithic hominins and the dynamism of their range expansion/ contraction in Asia. In the book, our species, modern human, is introduced as an invasive species from an ecological point of view; because such groups quickly settled across the whole ancient continent and in doing so, others, such as Neanderthals became extinct. This occurrence put an end to the biological diversity of the genus Homo forever. Due to its comprehensiveness, the use of the most up-to-date evidence and publications, as well as the interdisciplinary approaches, the book is a must-read for Paleolithic archaeologists interested in the mobility of human populations, landscape archaeology, the exodus of modern humans out of Africa, and the resultant colonization of Asia.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7027_d1fb362cc44ffef73c88c53a9e2d42c9.pdfmiddle and upper paleolithic periodsmodern humanneanderthalsasiacolonization |
| spellingShingle | Seyyed Milad Hashemi A Critique on the Book “From Arabia to the Pacific: How Our Species Colonised Asia” پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی middle and upper paleolithic periods modern human neanderthals asia colonization |
| title | A Critique on the Book “From Arabia to the Pacific: How Our Species Colonised Asia” |
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| topic | middle and upper paleolithic periods modern human neanderthals asia colonization |
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