Human Evolution
Trails from the Past
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 September 2007
- ISBN 9780198567806
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages448 pages
- Size 246x189x22 mm
- Weight 848 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 101 line illustrations, 162 half tones 0
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Short description:
This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy. Human evolution courses are now widespread and this book has the potential to satisfy the requirements of most, particularly at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It is based on a translation, albeit with substantial modification, of a successful Spanish language
book.
Long description:
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 authors are leading experts in two complementary fields of scholarship, physical anthropology and molecular evolution. Throughout the book they successfully integrate their expertise in evolutionary theory, phylogenetics, genomics, cultural evolution, language, aesthetics and morality to produce a cutting edge textbook, copiously illustrated and with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. It will be suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on
human evolution within departments of biology, anthropology, psychology and philosophy. The book will also appeal to a more general audience seeking a readable, up-to-date and inclusive treatment of human origins and evolution.
The book has the character of a treatise on human evolution, well documented and advanced on the numerous topics
Table of Contents:
Evolution, Genetics, and Systematics
The Evolution of Hominoids
The Hominin Lineage
Miocene and Pliocene Genera and Species
Pliocene Hominins: South Africa and the Rift Valley
The Pliocene Cladogenesis-Paranthropus vs. Homo
The Radiation of Homo
Evolutionary Characteristics of the erectus Grade
The Late Pleistocene Transition
The Uniqueness of Being Human
