A companion to paleoanthropology / / edited by David R. Begun
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| Titolo: |
A companion to paleoanthropology / / edited by David R. Begun
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 |
| Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 620 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 569.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Paleoanthropology |
| Fossil hominids | |
| Human evolution | |
| Classificazione: | SOC002020 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BegunDavid R. |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A companion to paleoanthropology |
| ISBN: | 1-118-33234-2 |
| 1-78268-967-2 | |
| 1-299-15895-1 | |
| 1-118-33236-9 | |
| 1-118-33237-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910141503303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell companions to anthropology ; ; 22.