A Companion to Paleoanthropology

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David R. Begun
John Wiley & Sons, 20 dec 2012 - 648 pagina's

A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe.

  • Represents an accessible state-of-the-art summary of the entire field of paleoanthropology, with an overview of hominid taxonomy
  • Features articles on the key discoveries in ape and human evolution, in cranial, postcranial and brain evolution, growth and development
  • Surveys the breadth of the paleontological record from primate origins to modern humans
  • Highlights the unique methods and techniques of paleoanthropology, including dating and ecological methods, and use of living primate date to reconstruct behavior in fossil apes and humans
 

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The Past Present and Future 01 Paleoanthrepelegy
Human Systematics
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Genetic Perspectives on Ape and Human Evolution
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THE ADAPTIVE CONTEXT OF PRIMATE ORIGINS
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

Academy of Sciences Acheulean adaptations afarensis Africa African apes American Journal analysis anatomy anthropoids apes and humans artifacts Asia Australopithecus Australopithecus afarensis australopiths behavior Biology bipedal body bones brain catarrhines chimpanzees clade correlation cranial capacity dating dental development diet diversity early hominins ecological Eocene estimated Ethiopia euprimates evidence evolutionary extant female flakes fossil record function genes genetic Genome genus gorilla groups heidelbergensis hominins hominoids Homo erectus Human Evolution Hylander hylobatids infer isotopes Journal of Human Journal of Physical Kenya life-history lineage male mammals Miocene models modern humans molars molecular monkeys morphology National Academy Neandertals Oldowan Oligocene Origins paleoanthropology Paranthropus patterns phylogenetic Phylogeny Physical Anthropology Plavcan Pleistocene plesiadapiforms populations postcranial primates Ravosa reconstruction region relationships relatively sample Sexual Dimorphism skeletal skull species specimens Stone Age studies suggest taxa techniques teeth tooth traits University Press Upper Paleolithic variation volume Chapter

Over de auteur (2012)

David Begun is Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto. A paleoanthropologist with 30 years of experience in the analysis of fossil apes, Begun’s current research focuses on the relationships between European and African fossil and living great apes and the origin of the African apes and humans. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on that topic, and on the description and analysis of fossils from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelA Companion to Paleoanthropology
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
RedacteurDavid R. Begun
UitgeverJohn Wiley & Sons, 2012
ISBN1118332377, 9781118332375
Lengte648 pagina's
  
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