LEADER 04212nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910457197803321 005 20210519210607.0 010 $a1-283-31703-6 010 $a9786613317032 010 $a0-226-09000-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226090009 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057692 035 $a(EBL)809564 035 $a(OCoLC)761213323 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535241 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216215 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535241 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10523090 035 $a(PQKB)11643201 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC809564 035 $a(DE-B1597)524856 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226090009 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL809564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10506572 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331703 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057692 100 $a20101215d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe comparative approach in evolutionary anthropology and biology$b[electronic resource] /$fCharles L. Nunn 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-60899-9 311 0 $a0-226-60898-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. The Importance of Comparison --$t2. Basic Phylogenetic Concepts and "Tree Thinking" --$t3. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Discrete Traits --$t4. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Quantitative Traits --$t5. Modeling Evolutionary Change --$t6. Correlated Evolution and Testing Adaptive Hypotheses --$t7. Comparative Methods to Detect Correlated Evolutionary Change --$t8. Using Trees to Study Biological and Cultural Diversification --$t9. Size, Allometry, and Phylogeny --$t10. Human Cultural Traits and Linguistic Evolution --$t11. Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity --$t12. Investigating Evolutionary Singularities --$t13. Developing a Comparative Database and Targeting Future Data Collection --$t14. Conclusions and Future Directions --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aComparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tasks to the performance of human children on the same tasks. And when new fossils are found, such as those of the tiny humans of Flores, scientists compare these remains to other fossils and contemporary humans. Comparison provides a way to draw general inferences about the evolution of traits and therefore has long been the cornerstone of efforts to understand biological and cultural diversity. Individual studies of fossilized remains, living species, or human populations are the essential units of analysis in a comparative study; bringing these elements into a broader comparative framework allows the puzzle pieces to fall into place, creating a means of testing adaptive hypotheses and generating new ones. With this book, Charles L. Nunn intends to ensure that evolutionary anthropologists and organismal biologists have the tools to realize the potential of comparative research. Nunn provides a wide-ranging investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in past and present research, including studies of animal behavior, biodiversity, linguistic evolution, allometry, and cross-cultural variation. He also points the way to the future, exploring the new phylogeny-based comparative approaches and offering a how-to manual for scientists who wish to incorporate these new methods into their research. 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aHuman beings$xOrigin 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 0$aHuman beings$xOrigin. 676 $a599.93/8 700 $aNunn$b Charles L$072219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457197803321 996 $aThe comparative approach in evolutionary anthropology and biology$92036824 997 $aUNINA