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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784644603321

Autore

Cameron David W

Titolo

Bones, stones, and molecules [[electronic resource] ] : "out of Africa" and human origins / / David W. Cameron and Colin P. Groves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-05328-7

9786611053284

0-08-048841-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrovesColin P

Disciplina

569.9 22

599.938

Soggetti

Paleoanthropology

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 (p. 345-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Evolution of the Miocene great apes -- Later Miocene and Pliocene hominids -- Our kind of hominins -- A systematic scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene hominids -- The first African exodus : the emergence of early homo in Europe and Asia -- Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene -- "The grisly folk" : the emergence of the Neanderthals -- The second African exodus : the emergence of modern humans -- The emergence of modern humans in Asia and in Australia -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins.  The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis is examined through the functional and developmental processes associated with the evolution of the human skull and face and focuses on the significance of the Australian record.  The book analyzes important new discoveries that have occurred recently and examines evidence that is not available elsewhere.  Cameron and Groves argue that the existing evidence supports a recent origin f