Human evolution : a very short introduction / / Bernard Wood
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| Autore: |
Wood Bernard A.
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| Titolo: |
Human evolution : a very short introduction / / Bernard Wood
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 599.938 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evolution (Biology) |
| Human evolution | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Finding our place -- 3 Fossil hominins: their discovery and context -- 4 Fossil hominins: analysis and interpretation -- 5 Early hominins: possible and probable -- 6 Archaic and transitional hominins -- 7 Pre-modern Homo -- 8 Modern Homo -- Timeline of thought and science relevant to human origins and evolution -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the 18th century to the latest fossil finds. It concentrates on the fossil evidence for human evolution making reference to the relevant archaeological evidence when appropriate. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Human evolution |
| ISBN: | 1-280-76270-5 |
| 1-4294-9201-5 | |
| 0-19-151673-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825289003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Very short introductions ; ; 142.