Human Evolution Trails from the Past

Name: Human Evolution Trails from the Past
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ISBN: 9780198567806

ISBN-10: 0198567804

ISBN-13: 9780198567806

Edition: 2007

Authors: Camilo J. Cela-Conde, Francisco J. Ayala

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Human Evolution provides a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from fields as diverse as physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy.The book starts with chapters on evolution, population genetics, systematics, and the methods for constructing evolutionary trees. These are followed by a comprehensive review of the fossil history of human evolution since our divergence from the apes. Subsequent chapters cover more recent data, both fossil and molecular, relating to the evolution of modern humans. A final section describes the evolution of culture, language, art, and morality.The…

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List price: $107.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English



Preface: Homo sapiens, the rational animal



Evolution, genetics, and systematics



The theory of evolution



Population and evolutionary genetics



The classification of living beings



The evolution of hominoids



Hominoid taxonomy



Early Miocene hominoids



Middle Miocene: the migration of apes out of Africa



Late Miocene: the divergence of great apes



The hominin lineage



The origin of hominins



Bipedal locomotion



Miocene and Pliocene genera and species



The first hominins



Australopithecus



Pliocene hominins: South Africa and the Rift Valley



South African sites



South African hominins of the Pliocene



The "gracile" and "robust" alternatives in East Africa



The Pliocene cladogenesis: Paranthropus versus Homo



Evidence from Koobi Fora



Alternatives in the evolution of robust and gracile clades



The radiation of Homo



Asian Homo erectus



The erectus grade in Africa



Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade



Cultural patterns in the migration out of Africa



The earliest cultures



Homo in Europe



The late-Pleistocene transition



Archaic Homo sapiens



Neanderthals



Molecular data



The origin of modern humans



The uniqueness of being human



Culture and mental traits during the late Paleolithic



The origins of symbolism



The origin of language



The evolution of moral behavior


Glossary


References


Index