| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Human evolution in perspective -- unit 1. Our place in nature -- unit 2. Human evolution as narrative -- unit 3. Historical views -- unit 4. Modern evolutionary theory -- unit 5. The physical context of evolution -- unit 6. Extinction and patterns of evolution -- pt. 2. Background to human evolution -- unit 7. Dating methods -- unit 8. Systematics : morphological and molecular -- unit 9. Science of burial -- unit 10. Primate heritage -- pt. 3. Humans as animals -- unit 11. Bodies, size, and shape -- unit 12. Bodies, brains, and energy -- unit 13. Bodies, behavior, and social structure -- unit 14. Nonhuman models of early Hominins -- pt. 4. Hominin beginnings -- unit 15. Ape and human relations -- unit 16. Origin of the Hominoidea -- unit 17. Origin of bipedalism -- unit 18. Jaws and teeth -- unit 19. The earliest known Hominins : a history of discoveries -- pt. 5. The Hominin adaptation -- unit 20. The Australopithecines -- unit 21. Early Homo -- unit 22. Hominin relations -- unit 23. Early tool technologies -- pt. 6. Homo erectus : biology and behavior -- unit 24. The changing position of Homo erectus -- unit 25. New technologies -- unit 26. Hunter or scavenger? -- pt. 7. Origin of modern humans -- unit 27. The Neanderthal enigma -- unit 28. Anatomical evidence -- unit 29. Genetic evidence -- unit 30. Archeological evidence -- pt. 8. The human milieu -- unit 31. Evolution of brain, intelligence, and consciousness -- unit 32. The evolution of language -- unit 33. Art in prehistory -- pt. 9. New worlds -- unit 34. The Americas and Australia -- unit 35. Origin of agriculture and the first villagers -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Updated to include coverage of the latest discoveries and perspectives including new early hominid fossils from Africa and Georgia, and their implications; new archeological evidence from Africa on the origin of modern humans, etc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human evolution.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Biological Evolution
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Sociobiology
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evolution.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Human evolution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1405156147 |
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9781405156141 |
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