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Handbook of Paleoanthropology / / edited by Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall
| Handbook of Paleoanthropology / / edited by Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall |
| Edizione | [2nd ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 illus., 118 illus. in color. eReference.) |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Primates - Evolution Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology - Methodology Biological Evolution Hominidae Paleontology |
| ISBN |
1-78539-666-8
3-642-39979-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Volume 1: Principles, Methods, and Approaches: Historical Overview of Paleoanthropological Research -- Charles Darwin, Paleoanthropology, and the Modern Synthesis (NEW) -- Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus -- The Ontogeny-Phylogeny Nexus in a Nutshell: Implications for Primatology and Paleoanthropology -- Principles of Taxonomy and Classification: Current Procedures for Naming and Classifying Organisms -- Species Concepts and Speciation: Facts and Fantasies -- Quantitative Approaches to Phylogenetics -- Homology: A Philosophical and Biological Perspective -- Chronometric Methods in Paleoanthropology -- Patterns of Diversification and Extinction -- Taphonomic and Diagenetic Processes -- Contribution of Stable Light Isotopes to Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction -- The Paleoclimatic Record and Plio-Pleistocene Paleoenvironments (NEW) -- Geological Background of Hominid Sites in Africa -- Paleosols -- Quaternary Geology and Paleoenvironments (NEW) -- Quaternary Deposits and Paleosites -- Paleoecology: An Adequate Window on the Past? -- Zoogeography: Primate and Early Hominin Distribution and Migration Patterns -- The Paleodemography of Extinct Hominin Populations -- Hominin Paleodiets: The Contribution of Stable Isotopes -- Estimation of Basic Life History Data of Fossil Hominoids -- Genetics and Paleoanthropology (NEW) -- Ancient DNA .-Modeling the Past: The Primatological Approach -- Modeling the Past: The Paleoethnological Approach .-Modeling the Past: Archaeology -- The Evolution of Speech and Language (NEW) -- General Principles of Evolutionary Morphology -- Virtual Anthropology and Biomechanics (NEW) -- Paleopathology: Vestiges of Pathological Conditions in Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Microscopic Research on Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Investigation on Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Fossil Bone: Facts and Perspectives (NEW) -- Images in Paleoanthropology: Facing Our Ancestors (NEW) -- Prospects and Pitfalls -- Volume 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins: Primate Origins and Supraordinal Relationships: Morphological Evidence -- Molecular Evidence of Primate Origins and Evolution (NEW) -- Fossil Record of the Primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene (NEW) -- Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids -- The Biotic Environments of the Late Miocene Hominids -- Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids -- Hominoid Cranial Diversity and Adaptation -- Dental Adaptations of African Apes -- Evolution of the Primate Brain -- Primate Life Histories -- Great Ape Social Systems -- Evolutionary Biology of Ape and Monkey Feeding and Nutrition -- The Hunting Behavior and Carnivory of Wild Chimpanzees -- Cooperation, Coalition, and Alliances -- Primate Intelligence -- Theory of Mind: A Primatological Perspective (NEW) -- Volume 3: Phylogeny of Hominins: Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae -- Defining Hominidae -- Role of Environmental Stimuli in Hominid Origins -- Origins of Homininae and Putative Selection Pressures Acting on the Early Hominins -- Origin of Bipedal Locomotion -- The Evolution of the Hominid Brain (NEW) -- Analyzing Hominin Phylogeny: Cladistic Approach -- Phylogenetic Relationships of Hominids: Biomolecular Approach -- The Miocene Hominoids and the Earliest Putative Hominids -- The Species and Diversity of Australopiths -- Defining the Genus Homo -- The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils -- Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries -- Defining Homo erectus (NEW) -- Later Middle Pleistocene Homo -- Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries -- Homo floresiensis (NEW) -- Origin of Modern Humans -- Population Biology and Population Genetics of Pleistocene Hominins -- Dispersals of Early Humans: Adaptations, Frontiers, and New Territories (NEW) -- Dentition of American Indians: Evolutionary Results and Demographic Implications Following Colonization from Siberia -- Overview of Paleolithic Archaeology -- Cultural Evolution During the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Africa and Eurasia -- Evolution of Religion (NEW) -- Paleoanthropology and the Foundation of Ethics: Methodological Remarks on the Problem of Criteriology. |
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| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr
| The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930.1/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GambleClive
PorrMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleolithic period
Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution Hominids |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-88233-7
1-134-45350-7 1-280-10248-9 0-203-00769-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 From empty spaces to lived lives exploring the individual in the Palaeolithic; 2 The Acheulean and the handaxe structure and agency in the Palaeolithic; 3 Transformations in dividuality personhood and palaeoliths in the Middle Pleistocene; 4 Seeking the Palaeolithic individual in East Africa and Europe during the Lower Middle Pleistocene; 5 The making of the biface and the making of the individual
6 Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove UK7 The natural and socio cultural environment of Homo erectus at Bilzingsleben Germany; 8 The Lower Palaeolithic art of hunting the case of Schöningen 13 II 4 Lower Saxony Germany; 9 Tracking hominins during the last interglacial complex in the Rhineland; 10 Bones and powerful individuals faunal case studies from the Arctic and the European Middle Palaeolithic; 11 All in |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457594003321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr
| The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930.1/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GambleClive
PorrMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleolithic period
Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution Hominids |
| ISBN |
1-134-45349-3
1-283-88233-7 1-134-45350-7 1-280-10248-9 0-203-00769-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 From empty spaces to lived lives exploring the individual in the Palaeolithic; 2 The Acheulean and the handaxe structure and agency in the Palaeolithic; 3 Transformations in dividuality personhood and palaeoliths in the Middle Pleistocene; 4 Seeking the Palaeolithic individual in East Africa and Europe during the Lower Middle Pleistocene; 5 The making of the biface and the making of the individual
6 Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove UK7 The natural and socio cultural environment of Homo erectus at Bilzingsleben Germany; 8 The Lower Palaeolithic art of hunting the case of Schöningen 13 II 4 Lower Saxony Germany; 9 Tracking hominins during the last interglacial complex in the Rhineland; 10 Bones and powerful individuals faunal case studies from the Arctic and the European Middle Palaeolithic; 11 All in |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784590603321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr
| The hominid individual in context : archaeological investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts / / edited by Clive Gamble and Martin Porr |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930.1/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GambleClive
PorrMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleolithic period
Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution Hominids |
| ISBN |
1-134-45349-3
1-283-88233-7 1-134-45350-7 1-280-10248-9 0-203-00769-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1 From empty spaces to lived lives exploring the individual in the Palaeolithic; 2 The Acheulean and the handaxe structure and agency in the Palaeolithic; 3 Transformations in dividuality personhood and palaeoliths in the Middle Pleistocene; 4 Seeking the Palaeolithic individual in East Africa and Europe during the Lower Middle Pleistocene; 5 The making of the biface and the making of the individual
6 Observations on the relationship between Palaeolithic individuals and artefact scatters at the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove UK7 The natural and socio cultural environment of Homo erectus at Bilzingsleben Germany; 8 The Lower Palaeolithic art of hunting the case of Schöningen 13 II 4 Lower Saxony Germany; 9 Tracking hominins during the last interglacial complex in the Rhineland; 10 Bones and powerful individuals faunal case studies from the Arctic and the European Middle Palaeolithic; 11 All in |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825892803321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala
| Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
| Autore | Cela Conde Camilo José |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco José <1934-> |
| Collana | Oxford biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451995203321 |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala
| Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
| Autore | Cela Conde Camilo José |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
| Collana | Oxford biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778256003321 |
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Cela Conde Camilo José
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Human evolution : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala
| Human evolution : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
| Autore | Cela Conde Camilo José |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina |
569.9
599.938 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
| Collana | Oxford biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | ||
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Human evolution : bones, cultures, and genes / / John H. Langdon
| Human evolution : bones, cultures, and genes / / John H. Langdon |
| Autore | Langdon John H (John Howard) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (742 pages) |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Collana | Springer texts in social sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human evolution Paleoanthropology |
| ISBN |
9783031141577
9783031141560 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Reflection in the Mirror -- Origin Stories -- Constructing Human Identity -- Traits That Made Us Human -- An Overview of Human Evolution -- A Historic Debate: Out of Africa Versus Multiregionalism -- Multiregional Model -- Out of Africa -- Mitochondrial Eve -- The Uses of History -- Paleoanthropology for the Future -- References -- Chapter 2: Background: Evolutionary Classification and Fossil Dating -- Defining a Species -- The Origin of a New Species -- Speciation Versus Variation -- A Philosophical Debate: Lumpers Versus Splitters -- Cladistic Classification -- Reprise: What Is a Species? -- Dating Fossils -- Relative Dating -- Absolute Dating: Radioisotope Decay -- Absolute Dating: Other Techniques -- Are the Dates Correct? Correlation, Precision, and Accuracy -- References -- Chapter 3: A Primate Heritage -- Characteristics of Primates -- Skull, Teeth, and Diet -- Senses and the Brain -- Limbs, Posture, and Locomotion -- Reproduction and Society -- Hominoid Adaptations -- The Living Apes -- Gibbons (Family Hylobatidae) -- Orangutans (Genus Pongo) -- Gorillas (Genus Gorilla) -- Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) -- Bonobos (Pan paniscus) -- Building a Model -- References -- Part II: The First Hominins -- Chapter 4: Miocene Hominoids -- Where Hominins Came from -- A Discovery of Diversity -- Hominoid Origins -- The First Anthropoids -- Early Hominoids in Africa -- Neither Ape Nor Monkey-like -- Recognizing the Earliest Hominins -- The Oldest Hominin Candidates -- Did Hominins and Humans First Evolve in East Africa? -- References -- Chapter 5: The Early Hominins: Australopiths -- Discovery -- Australopiths from South Africa: Historical Roots -- The Cradle of Humankind -- Making Sense of the South African Fossils.
Australopith Fossils in East Africa -- The Incompleteness of the Fossil Record -- The East African Rift Valley -- Species and Relationships -- Australopithecus -- Kenyanthropus -- Paranthropus -- Summary of Major Australopith Sites (Table 5.2) -- Sites in the Afar Triangle, Ethiopia -- Sites in the Omo-Lake Turkana Basin -- Sites in Tanzania -- Sites Outside the Rift Valley -- Major South African Sites -- References -- Chapter 6: The Ecological Context of Early Hominin Evolution -- Paleoenvironment: Where Did Australopiths Live? -- The Formation of the East African Savanna -- All Habitats Are Local -- Tools for Reconstructing Habitats -- In What Habitats Did Early Hominin Species Live? -- Habitats of the Earliest Hominins -- Australopith Habitats in East Africa -- Australopith Habitats in South Africa -- Summary -- Was Early Hominin Evolution Driven by Habitat Change? -- References -- Chapter 7: Understanding Australopiths -- Changing Questions -- What Did Australopiths Eat? -- Evidence from the Teeth -- Evidence from the Jaws -- Evidence from Microwear -- Evidence from Microwear -- Evidence from Stable Carbon Isotopes -- What Australopiths Ate -- Brain and Body Size -- Rate of Growth -- Social Structure -- Patrilocality -- Sexual Dimorphism -- Australopith Reproductive Patterns -- References -- Chapter 8: The Evolution of Bipedality -- Tracking the Evolution of Bipedalism -- The Anatomy of Bipedalism -- Adaptations for Upright Balance -- Adaptations for Lateral Balance -- Adaptations for Propulsion -- Adaptations for Carrying Weight -- Body Proportions -- Limb Proportions Among the Australopiths -- Australopiths Looking Back: The Last Common Ancestor -- Conclusions: Australopith Positional Behavior -- Why Are We Bipedal? -- Advantages of Bipedalism: An Abundance of Origin Stories -- Imagining the Ancestor. Putting the Evidence Together: A Scenario (Fig. 8.26) -- References -- Part III: The First Humans -- Chapter 9: The Earliest Humans in Africa -- Tools Need a Tool-Maker -- The First Members of Homo -- Homo habilis -- Earlier Fossils -- Defining Homo -- More Habilines -- Postcranial Evidence -- Homo ergaster -- Homo or Australopithecus? -- Australopiths Looking Forward: The Direct Human Ancestor -- The Environmental Context of the First Homo -- Climate Trends in East Africa -- Adaptive Responses -- References -- Chapter 10: The First Technology -- Discovering Tools -- The First Tools -- The Earliest Hominin Tools -- The Oldowan Tradition -- The Oldowan Reveals Behavior -- The Oldowan in Time and Space -- Tool-making Hands -- Human Adaptations of the Hand -- The Hands of Fossil Hominins -- References -- Chapter 11: Diet of Early Homo -- Carnivory and Hunting -- Hunting by Chimpanzees -- Archaeological Evidence for Carnivory -- The Rest of the Diet -- How Did Early Hominins Hunt? -- Evolution of the Modern Body -- Skeletal Changes -- Respiratory System -- Cardiac Changes -- Integument -- Endurance and Exercise -- References -- Chapter 12: Evolution of the Brain -- The Knowledge of Good and Evil -- How Did Brain Size Increase Through Time? -- What Does Brain Size Mean? -- Managing the Cost of a Large Brain -- Energy for the Brain -- Metabolism -- Brain-specific Nutrition -- Models of Higher Brain Evolution -- The Ecological Hypothesis -- The Social Hypothesis -- Explaining the Human Brain -- Structural Changes in the Evolving Brain -- Parts of the Neocortex -- The Prefrontal Cortex -- Parieto-occipital Reorganization -- Genetic Hints -- Language -- Language is Defined to be Unique to Humans -- Neuroanatomy of Language -- Vocal Anatomy -- Recursive Thoughts: The Origin of Language -- References -- Chapter 13: Leaving Africa -- The First Emigrants. The Near East -- East and South Asia -- The Oldest Skeletal Remains Outside of Africa -- Dmanisi -- Another Puzzle of Diversity -- Postcrania from Dmanisi -- Phylogenetic Position -- Homo floresiensis: Dwarf Hominins in Indonesia -- Flores Island -- The Bones -- The History of Hominins on Flores -- What was the Hobbit? -- Homo luzonensis -- Characterizing the First Asians -- References -- Part IV: The Middle Pleistocene -- Chapter 14: The Erectines of Asia -- The Erectine Dilemma -- Erectines in China -- Peking Man -- Characteristics of Homo erectus -- More H. erectus -- Homo erectus in Java -- Pithecanthropus -- More Discoveries -- Meager Evidence of Behavior -- Dating the First Appearance -- The End of Homo erectus -- Elsewhere in Eastern Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Korea -- References -- Chapter 15: Erectines of the West -- A Red Herring -- Erectines in Africa -- Homo ergaster -- Later Erectines in Africa -- Homo heidelbergensis in Africa -- Homo naledi: A Relic Primitive Human in Africa -- Homo heidelbergensis in Europe -- The Lack of an Asian Connection -- The First Europeans and the Ancestry of H. heidelbergensis -- Atapuerca -- Other Specimens -- Homo bodoensis? -- The Descendants of the Erectines -- References -- Chapter 16: Behavior in the Middle Pleistocene -- Internal Evidence -- Mode 2 Cultures -- The Spread of the Acheulean -- Adapting to the Pleistocene Cold -- Clothing -- Shelter -- Fire -- Cooking -- Food Technology -- The Cooking Hypothesis -- Hunting in the Middle Pleistocene -- Olorgesailie: Hunting Baboons in Africa -- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov: Butchering Fallow Deer in Israel -- Torralba, Ambrona, and Aridos: Scavenging elephants in Spain -- Schoeningen: Hunting Horses with Spears in Germany -- The Legacy of Meat-Eating and Hunting in Human Evolution -- Digestive Tract -- Absorption and Nutrition -- Microbiome -- References. Part V: The Emergence of Modern People -- Chapter 17: Late Pleistocene Homo and the Emergence of Modern Humans -- The Third Man -- Neanderthals -- Neanderthals in Time, Space, and Climate -- Anatomical Distinctiveness of Neanderthals -- The Neanderthal Genome -- Neanderthal Origins -- The Elusive Denisovans -- Late Archaic Chinese Hominins -- Evolution of Anatomically Modern Humans in Africa -- References -- Chapter 18: From the Middle Paleolithic to the Modern Mind -- Evidence of the Modern Mind -- The Middle Paleolithic in Europe -- The Middle Stone Age: Innovation in Africa and Beyond -- Blades and Related Tools -- Bone Tools -- Long Distance Trade and Transport -- Changes in Subsistence -- The Domestic Space -- Curious Objects, Personal Ornaments, and Symbolism -- Disposing of the Dead -- Becoming Modern in Africa -- Explaining Modernity -- References -- Chapter 19: Modern Humans Disperse From Africa -- Mount Carmel -- A "Failed" Migration -- Out of Africa -- Tracking the Dispersal through Genomes -- Encounters in Europe -- Modern Africans Meet European Neanderthals (Fig. 19.9) -- Neanderthals in the Gene Pool -- Neanderthal Extinction -- Becoming Modern in Europe -- Revolution or Continuity? -- Arrival of the Upper Paleolithic -- Modern Africans Meet Denisovans -- More Introgressions -- Modern Humans Enter China (Fig. 19.17) -- References -- Chapter 20: Distributing Modern Peoples -- Understanding Modern Populations through Genomics -- Of Lice and Men -- Origins in Africa (Fig. 20.3) -- Ancient Waves of Immigration into Europe -- Asian Stability amid Migrations -- Australia and the Pacific -- The Americas -- References -- Chapter 21: Life History and Reproduction -- Plans for Development -- Life History Strategies -- Trade-offs -- Human Life History -- Gestation and Weaning -- Litter Size -- Birth Spacing -- Childhood and Adolescence. Reproductive Lifespan and Lifetime Fertility. |
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The human fossil record . Volume two Craniodental morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia) [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall
| The human fossil record . Volume two Craniodental morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia) [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Wiley-Liss, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (617 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchwartzJeffrey H
TattersallIan BroadfieldDouglas C YuanMichael S HollowayRalph L |
| Collana | The Human Fossil Record |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human remains (Archaeology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-25277-4
9786610252770 0-470-35216-7 0-471-32644-5 0-471-72271-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
THE HUMAN FOSSIL RECORD; CONTENTS; Preface to Volumes One and Two; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Descriptive Protocol; Descriptive Format; Anatomical Terminology Figures; Abbreviations; Maps; Layout of Entries; PART 2a: AFRICA; Bodo; Border Cave; Boskop; Cave of Hearths; Chemeron; Dar es Soltane II; Eliye Springs; Eyasi; Fish Hoek; Florisbad; Guomde; Hadar; Haua Fteah; Jebel Irhoud; Kabwe; Klasies River Mouth; Koobi Fora; Laetoli (Ngaloba); Melka Kontoure; Nariokotome; Ndutu; Olduvai Gorge; Omo Kibish; Saldanha; Sale; Singa; Sterkfontein; Swartkrans; Thomas Quarry; Tighenif; Tuinplaas; Uraha
PART 2b: ASIA, WESTERNAmud; Jebel Qafzeh; Kebara; Shanidar; Skhul; Tabun; Teshik-Tash; Zuttiyeh; PART 2c: ASIA, EASTERN, AND CENTRAL; Dali; Hexian; Jinniushan; Kedungbrubus; Lantian; Liujiang; Longgupo; Maba; Mojokerto; Narmada; Ngandong; Ngawi; Sambungmacan; Sangiran; Trinil; Wajak; Yuanmou; Yunxian; Zhoukoudian Lower Cave; Zhoukoudian Upper Cave; PART 3: FOSSILS ATTRIBUTED TO GENUS HOMO: SOME GENERAL NOTES; "Early Homo"; Homo erectus and Its Putative Relatives in Africa and Asia; Extinct European Homo and Potential Relatives; Homo sapiens and "Archaic Homo sapiens"; Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146071603321 |
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The human fossil record . Volume two Craniodental morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia) [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall
| The human fossil record . Volume two Craniodental morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia) [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Wiley-Liss, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (617 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchwartzJeffrey H
TattersallIan BroadfieldDouglas C YuanMichael S HollowayRalph L |
| Collana | The Human Fossil Record |
| Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Human remains (Archaeology) |
| ISBN |
1-280-25277-4
9786610252770 0-470-35216-7 0-471-32644-5 0-471-72271-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
THE HUMAN FOSSIL RECORD; CONTENTS; Preface to Volumes One and Two; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Descriptive Protocol; Descriptive Format; Anatomical Terminology Figures; Abbreviations; Maps; Layout of Entries; PART 2a: AFRICA; Bodo; Border Cave; Boskop; Cave of Hearths; Chemeron; Dar es Soltane II; Eliye Springs; Eyasi; Fish Hoek; Florisbad; Guomde; Hadar; Haua Fteah; Jebel Irhoud; Kabwe; Klasies River Mouth; Koobi Fora; Laetoli (Ngaloba); Melka Kontoure; Nariokotome; Ndutu; Olduvai Gorge; Omo Kibish; Saldanha; Sale; Singa; Sterkfontein; Swartkrans; Thomas Quarry; Tighenif; Tuinplaas; Uraha
PART 2b: ASIA, WESTERNAmud; Jebel Qafzeh; Kebara; Shanidar; Skhul; Tabun; Teshik-Tash; Zuttiyeh; PART 2c: ASIA, EASTERN, AND CENTRAL; Dali; Hexian; Jinniushan; Kedungbrubus; Lantian; Liujiang; Longgupo; Maba; Mojokerto; Narmada; Ngandong; Ngawi; Sambungmacan; Sangiran; Trinil; Wajak; Yuanmou; Yunxian; Zhoukoudian Lower Cave; Zhoukoudian Upper Cave; PART 3: FOSSILS ATTRIBUTED TO GENUS HOMO: SOME GENERAL NOTES; "Early Homo"; Homo erectus and Its Putative Relatives in Africa and Asia; Extinct European Homo and Potential Relatives; Homo sapiens and "Archaic Homo sapiens"; Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829806503321 |
| New York, : Wiley-Liss, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Fossil hominids
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- Human evolution (39)
- Paleoanthropology (19)
- Human beings - Origin (14)
- Social evolution (12)