Human evolution : a very short introduction

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Title:

Human evolution : a very short introduction

Author:

Wood, Bernard A.

ISBN:

9780192803603

Personal Author:

Wood, Bernard A.

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

131 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 142

Series Title:

Very short introductions ; 142

Subject Term:

Human evolution.

Fossil hominids.

Evolution -- Handbooks.

Hominids -- Handbooks.

Fossils -- Handbooks.

Homme -- Évolution.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2006296219-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2006296219-t.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006296219-b.html

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This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, it also covers the latest genetic evidence about regional variations in the modern human genome that relate to our evolutionary history. Bernard Wood draws on over thirty years of experience to provide an insider's view of the field and some of the personalities in it, and demonstrates that our understanding of human evolution is critically dependent on advances in related sciences such as paleoclimatology, geochronology, systematics, genetics, and developmental biology.

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