03214nam 22006614a 450 991077778490332120230617001704.01-281-73086-697866117308640-300-13074-010.12987/9780300130744(CKB)1000000000471790(StDuBDS)AH23049691(SSID)ssj0000155515(PQKBManifestationID)11159487(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155515(PQKBWorkID)10112592(PQKB)10754161(MiAaPQ)EBC3420185(DE-B1597)485280(OCoLC)952731715(DE-B1597)9780300130744(Au-PeEL)EBL3420185(CaPaEBR)ebr10170876(CaONFJC)MIL173086(OCoLC)923590506(EXLCZ)99100000000047179020040928d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFirst in line[electronic resource] tracing our ape ancestry /Tom GundlingNew Haven Yale University Pressc20051 online resource (222 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-10414-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-191) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Prologue --1. The Great Chain Legacy --2. Putting the Chain in Motion --3. Finding Missing Links --4. The Southern Ape --5. Darwin Redux --Epilogue --Appendixes --Notes --Bibliography --IndexDespite Darwin's bold contention in 1871 that the likely ancestor for Homo sapiens was an African ape, the scientific community hesitated for decades before accepting small-brained but bipedal walking "apes" from southern Africa as direct human ancestors. Remains of the australopiths, as these bipedal apes are now called, were first discovered in 1924, yet 25 years passed before the australopiths found their place on the human family tree. This book is the first to document in detail this paradigm shift in paleoanthropology between 1924 and 1950.Tom Gundling examines a period in anthropological history when ideas about what it means to be human were severely tested. Drawing on extensive primary sources, many never before published, he argues that the reinterpretation of early human fossils came about at last because of changes in theoretical approach, not simply because new and more complete fossils had been recovered. Gundling concludes with a review of the most significant post-1950 events in the field of paleoanthropology.Human beingsOriginFossil hominidsAustralopithecinesPaleoanthropologyHuman beingsOrigin.Fossil hominids.Australopithecines.Paleoanthropology.569.9Gundling Tom1962-1536822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777784903321First in line3785767UNINA