Ancestral Roots
by Timothy Clack
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Author Biography
TIMOTHY CLACK is Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK and Director of Studies in the subject at Christ Church and St Peter's Colleges. He moved to Oxford after holding several teaching positions and completing a PhD in Archaeology at the University of Manchester. Amidst his various teaching commitments, he has conducted archaeological, anthropological and primatological research throughout Africa, Europe, and South East Asia. He has authored numerous books, scientific papers, and magazine articles covering a wide range of subjects from human evolution and human-animal relations to religious experience and the popular media. Outside of academia he is also a director of Redemics a corporate responsibility consultancy. In his spare time he enjoys being immersed in the British countryside pursuing his interests of hiking and photography.
Description
Human evolution explains how we - as a species - have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Recent advances in the study of human evolution are helping us to understand the complicated modern world in which we live. The issues and difficulties we face today are still not fully understood- depression, obesity, the destruction of our environment. The successful survival of our species depends upon us understanding the challenges we've created for ourselves. The problems of modern living, such as aggression, crime, sexism, racism and ageism, must be examined, and we must learn from our past if we wish to change our future.