The 10000 year explosion how civilization accelerated human evolution is a 2009 book by anthropologists gregory cochran and henry harpendingstarting with their own take on the conventional wisdom that the evolutionary process stopped when modern humans appeared the authors explain the genetic basis of their view that human evolution is accelerating illustrating it with some examples. The 10000 year explosion how civilization accelerated human evolution paperback oct 19 2010 by gregory cochran author henry harpending author 43 out of 5 stars 155 ratings. The 10000 year explosion how civilization accelerated human evolution by gregory cochran and henry harpending is the work of two professors one a physicist and the other an anthropologist its about the idea that human evolution has not only not ceased but it has even gotten faster recently. Buy 10 000 year explosion how civilization accelerated human evolution illustrated by gregory cochran henry harpending isbn 9780465020423 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The 10000 year explosion would be important even if it were only about population genetics and evolutionary biology but gregory cochran and henry harpendinghave written something more this book is a manifesto for and an example of a new kind of history a biological history and not just of the prehistoric era