- ISBN: 9780131113909 | 0131113909
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/23/2004
This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleontologythe study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the latest fossil finds, and it presents current controversies in an even-handed manner.The authors examine trends in human evolution, fossils, fossilization, and dating methods, determining evolutionary relationships, reconstructing ancient human behavior and social organizations, basal anthropoids, the evolution of monkeys and the transition to apes, the early Hominins, the Hominin divergence, the spread of Homobeyond Africa, transition to Archaic Homo sapiens,Neandertals and their immediate predecessors and the appearance of Homo sapiens sapiens.For those interested in a balanced paleoanthropology sourcebook.
Jeffrey K. McKee, Ohio State University
Frank E. Poirier, Emeritus, Ohio State University
W. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University
Frank E. Poirier, Emeritus, Ohio State University
W. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University
| Preface | xi | ||||
| CHAPTER ONE TRENDS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION | 1 | (28) | |||
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| CHAPTER TWO FOSSILS, FOSSILIZATION, AND DATING METHODS | 29 | (15) | |||
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| CHAPTER THREE DETERMINING EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS | 44 | (19) | |||
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| CHAPTER FOUR OUR PLACE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM | 63 | (18) | |||
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| CHAPTER FIVE RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS: USE OF THE COMPARATIVE APPROACH | 81 | (28) | |||
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| CHAPTER SIX EARLY PRIMATE EVOLUTION | 109 | (18) | |||
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| CHAPTER SEVEN BASAL ANTHROPOIDS, THE EVOLUTION OF MONKEYS, AND THE TRANSITION TO APES | 127 | (32) | |||
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130 | (4) | |||
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| CHAPTER EIGHT THE EARLY HOMININS | 159 | (30) | |||
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| CHAPTER NINE THE HOMININ DIVERGENCE | 189 | (27) | |||
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| CHAPTER TEN THE SPREAD OF HOMO BEYOND AFRICA | 216 | (43) | |||
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217 | (2) | |||
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219 | (25) | |||
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219 | (8) | |||
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| CHAPTER ELEVEN TRANSITIONS TO ARCHAIC HOMO SAPIENS | 259 | (17) | |||
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| CHAPTER TWELVE NEANDERTALS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS | 276 | (33) | |||
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| CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE APPEARANCE OF HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS | 309 | (45) | |||
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| CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUSION? | 354 | (9) | |||
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358 | (1) | |||
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359 | (4) | |||
| Glossary | 363 | (5) | |||
| Bibliography | 368 | (27) | |||
| Index | 395 |
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