A companion to paleoanthropology / / edited by David R. Begun

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141503303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013; Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-33234-2; 1-78268-967-2; 1-299-15895-1; 1-118-33236-9; 1-118-33237-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 620 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Blackwell companions to anthropology ; ; 22; Gale eBooks; Blackwell companions to anthropology
• Classificazione: SOC002020
• Disciplina: 569.9
• Soggetti: Paleoanthropology; Fossil hominids; Human evolution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Background to paleoanthropology -- pt. II. The fossil record.; The past, present and future of paleoanthropology / David R. Begun -- History / Matthew R. Goodrum -- Human systematics / David S. Strait -- Experimental approaches to musculoskeletal function / Matthew J. Ravosa, Kimberly A. Congdon, and Rachel A. Menegaz -- Multivariate quantitative methods in paleoanthropology / Michael A. Schillaci and Philipp Gunz -- Growth, development and life history in hominin evolution / Jay Kelley and Debra Bolter -- Cranial evolution in the apes / Brian T. Shea -- Hominid brain evolution / Thomas Schoenemann -- Hominin diets / Peter S. Ungar and Matt Sponheimer -- Origin and evolution of human postcranial anatomy / Brian G. Richmond and Kevin G. Hatala -- Multiproxy paleoecology : reconstructing evolutionary context in paleoanthropology / Kaye E. Reed -- Reconstructing social behavior from fossil evidence / J. Michael Plavcan -- Geochronology / ; Alan L. Deino -- The origins and evolution of technology / Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth -- Genetic perspectives on ape and human evolution / Todd R. Disotell -- The genetics of morphology / Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren -- Paleoanthropology and race / Milford H. Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari -- Primate origins / Mary T. Silcox -- Anthropoid origins / K. Christopher Beard -- Catarrhine origins / Terry Harrison -- The Miocene hominoid radiations / David R. Begun -- Before Australopithecus : the earliest hominins / Scott W. Simpson -- Australopithecus and Kenyanthropus / Ashley S. Hammond and Carol V. Ward -- Paranthropus / Bernard Wood and Kes Schroer -- Earliest Homo / Friedemann Schrenk -- Homo erectus and related taxa / Susan C. Antón -- The Middle Pleistocene record : on the ancestry of Neandertals, modern humans and others- / Jean-Jacques Hublin -- Neanderthals / Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou -- Modern human origins / Mark Collard and Mana Dembo -- Homo floresiensis / William L. Jungers.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings representing the state-of-the-art in our knowledge relating to the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence"--