1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954691203321

Autore

Sponheimer Matt

Titolo

Early hominin paleoecology / / edited by Matt Sponheimer ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013

ISBN

9781457181337

1457181339

9781457181313

1457181312

9781607322252

1607322250

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SponheimerMatt

Disciplina

569.9

Soggetti

Fossil hominids

Paleoecology

Paleontology

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. 1. paleoclimate and paleoenvironment -- pt. 2. Hominin adaptations and behavior -- pt. 3. Analogies and models.

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, exploring new research and synthesizing old and new ideas. Recent advances in the field and the laboratory are not only improving our understanding of human evolution but are also transforming it. Given the increasing specialization of the individual fields of study in hominin paleontology, communicating research results and data is difficult, especially to a broad audience of graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and the interested public. Early Hominin Paleoecology provides a good working knowledge of the subject while also presenting a solid grounding in the sundry ways this knowledge has been constructed. The book is divided into three sections—climate and environment (with a particular focus on the



latter), adaptation and behavior, and modern analogs and models—and features contributors from various fields of study, including archaeology, primatology, paleoclimatology, sedimentology, and geochemistry. Early Hominin Paleoecology is an accessible introduction into this fascinating and ever-evolving field and will be essential to any student interested in pursuing research in human paleoecology. Additional Contributors: David Braun Beth Christensen David J. Daegling Crag Feibel Fred E. Grine Clifford Jolly Naomi E. Levin Mark A. Maslin John Mitani Jay Quade Amy L. Rector Jeanne Sept Lillian M. Spencer Mark Teaford Carol V. Ward Katy E. Wilson

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910952244403321

Autore

Daniel G. Reginald <1949-2022.>

Titolo

More than Black? : multiracial identity and the new racial order / / G. Reginald Daniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2002

ISBN

9786612701146

9781439904831

1439904839

9781282701144

1282701142

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

305.8/04

Soggetti

Racism - United States - History

Multiracial people - Race identity - United States

African Americans - Race identity

White people - Race identity - United States

Eurocentrism - History

History

United States Race relations

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. [195]-241) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Eurocentrism: the origin of the master racial project -- Either black or white: the United States and the binary racial project -- White by definition: multiracial identity and the binary racial project -- Black by law: multiracial identity and the ternary racial project -- The new multiracial identity: both black and white -- The new multiracial identity: neither black nor white -- Black by popular demand: multiracial identity and the decennial census -- The illusion of inclusion: from white domination to white hegemony -- The new millennium: toward a new master racial project.

Sommario/riassunto

In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered black. Even as the twenty-first century opens, a racial hierarchy still prevents people of color, including individuals of mixed race, from enjoying the same privileges as Euro-Americans. In this book, G. Reginald Daniel argues that we are at a cross-roads, with members of a new multiracial movement pointing the way toward equality.Tracing the centuries-long evolution of Eurocentrism, a concept geared to protecting white racial purity and social privilege, Daniel shows how race has been...