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1 online resource |
| Series |
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
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| Contents |
Early Pleistocene mammals of Africa : background to dispersal / Meave Leakey and Lars Werdelin -- Carnivoran dispersal out of Africa during the early Pleistocene : relevance for hominins? / Margaret E. Lewis and Lars Werdelin -- Saharan corridors and their role in the evolutionary geography of 'Out of Africa I' / Marta Mirazón Lahr -- Stone Age visiting cards revisited : a strategic perspective on the lithic technology of early hominin dispersal / John J. Shea -- Behavioral and environmental background to 'Out-of-Africa I' and the arrival of Homo erectus in East Asia / Richard Potts and Robin Teague -- New archeological evidence for the earliest hominin presence in China / Ya-Mei Hou and Ling-Xia Zhao -- Geological evidence for the earliest appearance of hominins in Indonesia / Yahdi Zaim -- Divorcing hominins from the Stegodon-Ailuropoda fauna : new views on the antiquity of hominins in Asia / Russell L. Ciochon -- Early Pleistocene mammalian faunas of India and evidence of connections with other parts of the world / Rajeev Patnaik and Avinash C. Nanda -- The Indian subcontinent and 'Out of Africa 1' / Parth R. Chauhan -- The early Paleolithic of the Indian subcontinent : hominin colonization, dispersals and occupation history / Michael D. Petraglia -- Early Pleistocene faunal connections between Africa and Eurasia : an ecological perspective / Miriam Belmaker -- Early Pleistocene faunas of Eurasia and hominin dispersals / Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro -- Fossil skulls from Dmanisi : a paleodeme representing earliest Homo in Eurasia / G. Philip Rightmire and David Lordkipanidze -- "Out of Africa 1" : current problems and future prospects / Robin Dennell -- Summary and prospectus / John G. Fleagle and John J. Shea |
| Summary |
For the first two thirds of our evolutionary history, we hominins were restricted to Africa. Dating from about two million years ago, hominin fossils first appear in Eurasia. This volume addresses many of the issues surrounding this initial hominin intercontinental dispersal. Why did hominins first leave Africa in the early Pleistocene and not earlier? What do we know about the adaptations of the hominins that dispersed - their diet, locomotor abilities, cultural abilities? Was there a single dispersal event or several? Was the hominin dispersal part of a broader faunal expansion of African mammals northward? What route or routes did dispersing populations take? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Fossil hominids -- Eurasia
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Human beings -- Migrations.
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Human evolution.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Eurasia
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Paleontology -- Pleistocene.
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Paleontology -- Eurasia
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Evolution (Biology)
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Fossils.
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Paleontology.
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Primates.
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Biological Evolution
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Fossils
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Paleontology
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Primates
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evolution.
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fossils.
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paleontology.
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Primates (order)
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Fossil hominids
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Human beings -- Migrations
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Human evolution
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Paleontology
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Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
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Prehistoric peoples
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| SUBJECT |
Eurasia -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Eurasia
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fleagle, John G
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| LC no. |
2010932000 |
| ISBN |
9789048190362 |
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9048190363 |
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