Human Evolution
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Human Evolution

An Illustrated Introduction

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eBook - PDF

Human Evolution

An Illustrated Introduction

About this book

The brief length and focused coverage of Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction have made this best-selling textbook the ideal complement to any biology or anthropology course in which human evolution is taught. The text places human evolution in the context of humans as animals, while also showing the physical context of human evolution, including climate change and the impact of extinctions. Chapter introductions, numerous drawings and photographs, and an essential glossary all add to the accessibility of this text.The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of the latest discoveries and perspectives, including:


· New early hominid fossils from Africa and Georgia, and their implications
· New archaeological evidence from Africa on the origin of modern humans
· Updated coverage of prehistoric art, including new sites
· New perspectives on molecular evidence and their implications for human population history.

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Information

Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781405103787
eBook ISBN
9781405156141

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. PART 1 HUMAN EVOLUTION IN PERSPECTIVE
  3. 1 OUR PLACE IN NATURE
  4. 2 HUMAN EVOLUTION AS NARRATIVE
  5. 3 HISTORICAL VIEWS
  6. 4 MODERN EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
  7. 5 THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT OF EVOLUTION
  8. 6 EXTINCTION AND PATTERNS OF EVOLUTIN
  9. PART 2 BACKGROUND TO HUMAN EVOLUTION
  10. 7 DATING METHODS
  11. 8 SYSTEMATICS: MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR
  12. 9 SCIENCE OF BURIAL
  13. 10 PRIMATE HERITAGE
  14. PART 3 HUMANS AS ANIMALS
  15. 11 BODIES, SIZE, AND SHAPE
  16. 12 BODIES, BRAINS, AND ENERGY
  17. 13 BODIES, BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  18. 14 NONHUMAN MODELS OF EARLY HOMININS
  19. PART 4 HOMININ BEGINNINGS
  20. 15 APE AND HUMAN RELATIONS: MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR VIEWS 15
  21. 16 ORIGIN OF THE HOMINOIDEA
  22. 17 ORIGIN OF BIPEDALISM
  23. 18 JAWS AND TEETH
  24. 19 THE EARLIEST HOMININS: A HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES 19
  25. PART 5 THE HOMININ ADAPTATION
  26. 20 THE AUSTRALOPITHECINES
  27. 21 EARLY HOMO
  28. 22 HOMININ RELATIONS
  29. 23 EARLY TOOL TECHNOLOGIES
  30. PART 6 HOMO ERECTUS: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
  31. 24 THE CHANGING POSITION OF HOMO ERECTUS
  32. 25 NEW TECHNOLOGIES
  33. 26 HUNTER OR SCAVENGER?
  34. PART 7 THE ORIGIN OF MODERN HUMANS
  35. 27 THE NEANDERTHAL ENIGMA
  36. 28 ANATOMICAL EVIDENCE
  37. 29 GENETIC EVIDENCE
  38. 30 ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
  39. PART 8 THE HUMAN MILIEU
  40. 31 EVOLUTION OF THE BRAIN, INTELLIGENCE, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
  41. 32 THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE
  42. 33 ART IN PREHISTORY
  43. PART 9 NEW WORLDS
  44. 34 THE AMERICAS AND AUSTRALIA
  45. 35 THE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE AND THE FIRST VILLAGERS
  46. GLOSSARY
  47. INDEX