Bones, stones, and molecules [[electronic resource] ] : "out of Africa" and human origins / / David W. Cameron and Colin P. Groves

• Autore: Cameron David W
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 569.9 22; 599.938
• Soggetto topico: Paleoanthropology; Human evolution
• Altri autori: GrovesColin P
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-394) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Evolution of the Miocene great apes -- Later Miocene and Pliocene hominids -- Our kind of hominins -- A systematic scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene hominids -- The first African exodus : the emergence of early homo in Europe and Asia -- Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene -- "The grisly folk" : the emergence of the Neanderthals -- The second African exodus : the emergence of modern humans -- The emergence of modern humans in Asia and in Australia -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins. The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis is examined through the functional and developmental processes associated with the evolution of the human skull and face and focuses on the significance of the Australian record. The book analyzes important new discoveries that have occurred recently and examines evidence that is not available elsewhere. Cameron and Groves argue that the existing evidence supports a recent origin f
• Titolo autorizzato: Bones, stones, and molecules
• ISBN: 1-281-05328-7; 9786611053284; 0-08-048841-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784644603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II