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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778256003321

Autore

Cela Conde Camilo José

Titolo

Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611160272

1-281-16027-X

0-19-152443-3

1-4356-0973-5

Descrizione fisica

vii, 437 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Oxford biology

Altri autori (Persone)

AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)

Disciplina

569.9

Soggetti

Fossil hominids

Paleoanthropology

Human evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-417) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human.