Description |
1 online resource (xv, 582 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 62 |
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Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 62.
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Contents |
African Genesis: an evolving paradigm -- Academic genealogy -- In search of origins: evolutionary theory, new species and paths into the past -- Searching for a new paradigm for hominid origins in Chad (Central Africa) -- The new deal ... west of the Rift Valley -- The Chadian hominids -- From hominoid arboreality to hominid bipedalism -- Orrorin and the African ape/hominid dichotomy -- A brief review of history and results of 40 years of Sterkfontein excavations -- Hominin morphology through time: brains, bodies and teeth -- Hominin brain evolution, 1925-2011: an emerging overview -- The issue of brain reorganisation in Australopithecus and early hominids: Dart had it right -- The mass of the human brain: is it a spandrel? -- Origin and diversity of early hominin bipedalism -- Forelimb adaptations in Australopithecus afarensis -- Hominin proximal femur morphology from the Tugen Hills to Flores -- Daily rates of dentine formation and root extension rates in Paranthropus boisei, KNM-ER 1817, from Koobi Fora, Kenya -- On the evolutionary development of early hominid molar teeth and the Gondolin Paranthropus molar -- Digital South African fossils: morphological studies using reference-based reconstruction and electronic preparation -- Modern human origins: patterns and processes -- The African origin of recent humanity -- Assimilation and modern human origins in the African peripheries -- Patterns of Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution in Africa and the emergence of modern humans -- Integration of the genetic, anatomical and archaeological data for the African origin of modern humans: problems and prospects -- In search of context: hominin environments, behaviour and lithic cultures -- Animal palaeocommunity variability and habitat preference of the robust australopiths in South Africa -- Impacts of environmental change and community ecology on the composition and diversity of the southern African monkey fauna from the Plio-Pleistocene to the present -- African Genesis revisited: reflections on Raymond Dart and the 'predatory transition from ape( -man) to man' -- Shared intention in early artefacts: an exploration of deep structure and implications for communication and language -- Sibudu Cave: recent archaeological work on the Middle Stone Age -- The oldest burials and their significance |
Summary |
Reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed on May 29, 2014) |
Subject |
Human evolution.
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Human beings -- Origin.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Fossils.
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Hominidae
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Biological Evolution
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Fossils
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evolution.
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fossils.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Fossils
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Evolution (Biology)
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Human beings -- Origin
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Human evolution
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Hominisation
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Homme -- Évolution.
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Origine de l'homme.
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Afrika
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Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Reynolds, Sally C., editor.
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Gallagher, Andrew, 1975- editor.
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ISBN |
9781139340359 |
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1139340352 |
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9781139338776 |
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1107231205 |
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9781107231207 |
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1280394188 |
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9781280394188 |
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9786613572103 |
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6613572101 |
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1139341936 |
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9781139341936 |
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9781107454507 |
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1107454506 |
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