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Title African genesis : perspectives on hominin evolution / edited by Sally C. Reynolds, Andrew Gallagher
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 582 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 62
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 62.
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
Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed on May 29, 2014)
Subject Human evolution.
Human beings -- Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Fossils.
Hominidae
Biological Evolution
Fossils
evolution.
fossils.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Fossils
Evolution (Biology)
Human beings -- Origin
Human evolution
Hominisation
Homme -- Évolution.
Origine de l'homme.
Afrika
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Reynolds, Sally C., editor.
Gallagher, Andrew, 1975- editor.
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