LEADER 05104nam 2200601 450 001 9910819024403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-12-802693-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000450657 035 $a(EBL)2110662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001561379 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16200262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001561379 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14829661 035 $a(PQKB)10119125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2110662 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2110662 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11081653 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL822690 035 $a(OCoLC)915311597 035 $a(PPN)198681054 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000450657 100 $a20150804h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBasics in human evolution /$fedited by Michael P. Muehlenbein 210 1$aAmsterdam, Netherlands :$cAcademic Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (609 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-802652-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Basics in Human Evolution; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I - Positioning Human Evolution; Chapter 1 - Basic Evolutionary Theory; SYNOPSIS; INTRODUCTION; THE ORIGIN OF GENETIC VARIATION; VARIATION WITHIN POPULATIONS; GENETIC DRIFT; NATURAL SELECTION; LEVELS OF SELECTION; SPECIATION; FROM MICROEVOLUTION TO MACROEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY TODAY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design; SYNOPSIS; INTRODUCTION; A SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM; INTELLIGENT DESIGN; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Part II - Primates 327 $aChapter 3 - Primate EvolutionSYNOPSIS; INTRODUCTION; EXTANT GROUPS OF PRIMATES; HIGHER-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS; PRIMATES ON AN ASCENDING SCALE?; DEFINING FEATURES OF PRIMATES; FOSSIL PRIMATES; OVERALL EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - Comparative Anatomy of Primates; SYNOPSIS; OSTEOLOGY; MYOLOGY; EXTERNAL FEATURES AND INTERNAL ORGANS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - Primate Behavior; SYNOPSIS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, PREDATION, AND GROUP LIVING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; DOMINANCE, LEVERAGE, AND POWER; THE "SOCIOECOLOGICAL MODEL" 327 $aSEXUAL CONFLICT AND "INTERSEXUAL MUTUALISM"COOPERATION; SOCIALITY AND FITNESS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Primate Models for Human Evolution; SYNOPSIS; MODELS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION; DENTITION AND DIET; LOCOMOTION; HABITAT OF OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS; THE MACAQUE MODEL; FOSSILS AND LIVING PRIMATES; MAN THE HUNTED; REFERENCES; Part III - Hominins; Chapter 7 - Early Hominin Ecology; SYNOPSIS; THE EARLY HOMININ RECORD; MACRO PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT; RECONSTRUCTING TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; INFERRING HOMININ HABITATS AND ADAPTATIONS; LATE PLIOCENE ADAPTIVE RADIATIONS 327 $aSUMMARY: THE LIMITS AND POTENTIAL OF OUR PALEOECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGEREFERENCES; Chapter 8 - Bipedalism; SYNOPSIS; HOW DO HUMANS WALK?; ANATOMICAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH BIPEDALISM; WHEN DID BIPEDALISM EVOLVE, AND WHAT EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF BIPEDALISM DID WE PASS THROUGH?; WHY DID BIPEDALISM EVOLVE?; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 - Early Hominins; SYNOPSIS; TAXONOMY; PURPORTED EARLY HOMININ SPECIES; CONTEXT: CHIMPANZEE MORPHOLOGY; CONTEXT: MIDDLE MIOCENE APES; CONTEXT: LATE MIOCENE APES; THE MORPHOLOGY OF PURPORTED EARLY HOMININS; EARLY POSSIBLE HOMININS' ADAPTATIONS 327 $aEARLY POSSIBLE HOMININS' PLACE IN NATUREREFERENCES; Chapter 10 - Australopithecines; SYNOPSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS BAHRELGHAZALI; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS GARHI; KENYANTHROPUS (AUSTRALOPITHECUS) PLATYOPS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS SEDIBA; AUSTRALOPITHECINE ADAPTATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 11 - Early Pleistocene Homo; SYNOPSIS; DEFINING THE GENUS HOMO; HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF EARLY HOMO FOSSILS; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY IN THE GENUS HOMO; TAXONOMIC AND PHYLOGENETIC ISSUES: HOMO HABILIS AND HOMO RUDOLFENSIS 327 $aPHYLETIC ORIGINS AND THE DATING OF EARLY HOMO 330 $aBasics in Human Evolution offers a broad view of evolutionary biology and medicine. The book is written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field. From evolutionary theory, to the cultural evolution, this book fills gaps in the readers' knowledge from various backgrounds and introduces readers to thought leaders in human evolution research. Offers comprehensive coverage of the wide ranging field of human evolutionWritten for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient conte 606 $aHuman evolution 615 0$aHuman evolution. 676 $a573.2 702 $aMuehlenbein$b Michael P. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819024403321 996 $aBasics in human evolution$93985742 997 $aUNINA