Evolution of the Human Diet [[electronic resource] ] : The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450787403321
• Autore: Ungar Peter S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
• ISBN: 1-282-23512-5; 0-19-534601-7; 9786612235122; 1-280-90790-8; 0-19-804047-4; 1-4294-6902-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Collana: Human Evolution Series
• Disciplina: 599.938; 930.1
• Soggetti: Dental anthropology; Diet; Fossil hominids; Human remains (Archaeology); Prehistoric peoples; Teeth, Fossil; Prehistoric peoples - Food; Fossil hominids - History; Diet - history; Paleontology; Biological Evolution; Feeding Behavior; Hominidae; Paleontology - methods; Physical Anthropology; Anthropology; Social Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; I. Introduction; II. The Hominin Fossil Record; III. The Archaeological Record; IV. Paleoecology and Modeling; V. Implications of Studies of Early Hominin Diets; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: I. Introduction. 1. Early Hominin Diets: Overview and Historical Perspectives, Alan Walker. 2. Whose Diet? An Introduction to the Hominin Fossil Record, Amanda G. Henry and Bernard Wood. II. The Hominin Fossil Record. 3. The Evolution of the Hominin Diet from a Dental Functional Perspective, Peter W. Lucas. 4. Dental Functional Morphology: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable, Peter S. Unger. 5. What Do We Know and Not Know about Diet and Enamel Structure, Mark F. Teaford. 6. Mandibular Biomechanics and the Paleontolgical Evidence for the Evolution of Human Diet, David J. Daegling and Fr