Overview
- Latest evidence on how complex human societies emerged
- New hypotheses on the origins of modern human behavior
- Holistic analysis drawing on various disciplines
- Examination of the risks as artificial intelligence emerges
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Popular Science (POPS)
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“‘This great little book deserves to be read by all people concerned to understand where we, as a species, came from and how the challenges we now face reflect that long historical evolution’.” (Giorgio Benedek, Italian Physical Society, sif.it, February, 2021)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio was Full Professor of Economic Policy and Associate Professor of International Economics at the University of Udine, Italy, where she also lectured on Monetary Policy and Industrial Economics. Shehas been associated with various universities in Europe and Australia. She has authored a number of academic papers and books, including Dal mercantilismo alla globalizzazione (From Mercantilism to Globalization) (Il Mulino, Bologna, 1999) and Humans (with Claudio Tuniz; Carocci, 2015; Springer Nature, 2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Apes to Cyborgs
Book Subtitle: New Perspectives on Human Evolution
Authors: Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36522-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36521-9Published: 01 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36522-6Published: 29 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 174
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Social Sciences, Anthropology, Archaeology, Evolutionary Biology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Neurosciences