Human Evolution

Name: Human Evolution
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ISBN: 9780192803603

ISBN-10: 0192803603

ISBN-13: 9780192803603

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bernard Wood

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The recent discovery of the diminutive Homo floresiensis (nicknamed "the Hobbit") in Indonesia has sparked new interest in the study of human evolution. In this Very Short Introduction, renowned evolutionary scholar Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to today's latest fossil finds. Along the way we are introduced to the lively cast of characters, past and present, involved in evolutionary research. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, the book also covers the latest genetic evidence about regional variations in the modern human genome that relate to our evolutionary history. Wood draws on over…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.264
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of illustrations


List of tables



Introduction



Finding our place



Fossil hominins: their discovery and context



Fossil hominins: analysis and interpretation



Early hominins: possible and probable



Archaic and transitional hominins



Pre-modern Homo



Modern Homo


Timeline of thought and science relevant to human origins and evolution


Further reading


Index