How Long to Read The Ancestress Hypothesis

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ancestress Hypothesis?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read The Ancestress Hypothesis by Kathryn Coe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In our society it has long been believed that art serves very little social purpose. Evolutionary anthropologists, however, are examining a potential role for art in human evolution. Kathryn Coe looks to the visual arts of traditional societies for clues. Because they are passed down from previous generations, traditional art forms such as body decoration, funeral ornaments, and ancestral paintings offer ways to promote social relationships among kin and codescendants of a common ancestor. Mothers used art forms to anchor themselves and their kin to the father and his kin, and to promote the survival and reproductive success of kin and descendants. Individuals who abided by this strategy, accompanied by its strict codes of cooperation, left more distant descendants than did individuals who did not. Over time, given this reproductive success, large numbers of individuals would be identified as codescendants of a common ancestor and would cooperate as if they were close kin. These cooperative codescendants were more likely to survive and leave descendants. With each new generation these clans propagated not only their genes but also their behavioral strategy, the replication or presence of "art." The book concludes by examining the changing characteristics of visual art -- including a higher value on creativity, competition, and cost -- when traditional constraints on social behavior disappear. Book jacket.

How long is The Ancestress Hypothesis?

The Ancestress Hypothesis by Kathryn Coe is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ancestress Hypothesis Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Ancestress Hypothesis aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ancestress Hypothesis?

The Ancestress Hypothesis is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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