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Basics in human evolution / / edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein
| Basics in human evolution / / edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (609 p.) |
| Disciplina | 573.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Human evolution |
| ISBN | 0-12-802693-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front 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
Chapter 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" SEXUAL 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 SUMMARY: 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 EARLY 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 PHYLETIC ORIGINS AND THE DATING OF EARLY HOMO |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797368803321 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Basics in human evolution / / edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein
| Basics in human evolution / / edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Academic Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (609 p.) |
| Disciplina | 573.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Human evolution |
| ISBN | 0-12-802693-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front 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
Chapter 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" SEXUAL 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 SUMMARY: 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 EARLY 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 PHYLETIC ORIGINS AND THE DATING OF EARLY HOMO |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819024403321 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Academic Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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