1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141503303321

Titolo

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

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"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00151615

Autore

PUSPARAJAN, M.

Titolo

Ampa / M. Pusparajan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jaffna, : Alai Literary Circle, 1976

Descrizione fisica

46 p. ; 21 cm

Classificazione

SI VI LA

Soggetti

Letteratura tamil - Critica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tamil

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia