The emergence of humans : an exploration of the evolutionary timeline

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Title:

The emergence of humans : an exploration of the evolutionary timeline

Author:

Ash, Patricia, 1948-

ISBN:

9780470013137

9780470013151

Personal Author:

Ash, Patricia, 1948-

Publication Information:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Physical Description:

xi, 324 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The first human fossils -- Summary -- 2.The geological context -- 2.1.The geological time scale -- 2.2.Movement of the continents -- 2.3.Fossilization -- 2.4.Dating -- 2.5.Dating techniques -- 2.6.Habitats and environment -- 2.7.Climate changes and long-term cycles -- Summary -- 3.Evolution and natural selection -- 3.1.Darwin and the origin of species by natural selection -- 3.2.The modern synthesis of evolution -- 3.3.Inheritance of characters -- 3.4.Population genetics -- 3.5.Geographic isolation and speciation -- 4.65-40 mya: Primate and anthropoid origins -- 4.1.The Scandentia and the Plesiadapiformes -- 4.2.The emergence of primates -- 4.3.Ancient primates -- 4.4.Dentition of ancient primates -- 4.5.The most ancient anthropoid? -- 4.6.Evolutionary relationships of adapiformes, omomyiformes and anthropoids -- 4.7.Classification of primates -- Summary -- 5.40-8 mya: Anthropoids and hominoids -- 5.1.Introduction --

Contents note continued: 5.2.Radiation of the anthropoids and other primates -- 5.3.Use of cladistics for identifying evolutionary relationships in primate groups -- 5.4.Social structures in primate groups -- 5.5.The hominoidea -- 5.6.Conclusion -- 6.8-4.4 mya: Who were the ancestors of the hominis? -- 6.1.The first hominin: Toumai? -- 6.2.The first hominin: Orrorin? -- 6.3.Another first hominin: Ardipithecus kadabba -- 6.4.Ardipithecus ramidus -- 6.5.An un-named hominin from Lothagam -- 6.6.Evolutionary relationships of the early hominins -- 6.7.Conclusion -- 7.4.2-3.0 mya: Adaptive radiation of hominins -- 7.1.The australopiths -- 7.2.The First australopith-Australopitecus anamensis -- 7.3.Australopithecus afarensis; a possible ancestor of Homo -- 7.4.The Flat-faced skull from Kenya -- 7.5.Australopithecus africanus -- 7.6.Sterkfontein and the `Little Foot' Discovery -- 7.7.Which species belong in the genus Australopithecus? -- 7.8.Conclusion --

Contents note continued: 8.3.0-1.0 mya: Emergence and diversification of the genus Homo -- 8.1.The Robust australopiths -- 8.2.Paranthropus boisei -- 8.3.Paranthropus aethiopicus -- 8.4.Australopithecus garhi -- 8.5.Tools and tool technologies -- 8.6.Australopiths in the human lineage -- 8.7.Early Homo -- 8.8.Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis -- 8.9.Homo rudolfensis and Kenyanthropus platyops -- 8.10.Radiation of Homo species -- 8.11.Homo ergaster and Homo erectus -- 8.12.Did Homo erectus Return to Africa? -- 8.13.Conclusion -- 9.1.0 mya-700 000 years ago -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Persistence of Homo erectus in Africa and East Asia -- 9.3.Homo antecessor in Spain -- 9.4.The Ceprano hominin calvaria -- 9.5.Conclusion -- 10.700 000 ya-130 000 ya: Emergence of new speices of Homo -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.The emergence and migration of Homo heidelbergensis -- 10.3.The discovery of Neandertals -- 10.4.The emergence of modern Homo sapiens -- 10.5.Conclusion --

Contents note continued: 11.130 000-10 000 Years Ago Homo sapiens Out of Africa -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.The role of genetic studies -- 11.3.Studying Artefacts -- 11.4.Modern Homo sapiens in Africa -- 11.5.Neandertals and modern Homo spaiens in Western Asia and Middle East -- 11.6.Neandertals and modern Homo sapiens in Europe -- 11.7.Modern Humans and Neandertals in Central Asia -- 11.8.South East Asia and Australasia -- 11.9.A New Species of Homo? -- 11.10.East Asia -- 11.11.Modern Humans Arrive in the Americas -- 11.12.Conclusion -- 12.Coda.

Abstract:

The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientfic study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time following the emergence of the modern human speicies Homo sapiens from primate roots. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding the interpretation of the fossil record, the authors present a balanced approach in an effort to do justice to different views. --

Each chapter covers a significant time period of evolutionary history and includes relevent techniques from other disciplines that have applications to the field of human evolution. Self-assessment questions linked to learning outcomes are provided for each chapter, together with further reading and reference to key sources in the primary literature. --

Written by two authors with a wealth of teaching experience, The Emergence of Humans will prove invaluable to students in the biological and natural sciences who need a dear, balanced introduction to the study of human evolution. --Book Jacket.

Subject Term:

Human evolution.

Added Author:

Robinson, David, 1949-

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The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution. It takes the reader through time following the emergence of the modern human species Homo sapiens from primate roots. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding the interpretation of the fossil record, the authors present a balanced approach in an effort to do justice to different views.

Each chapter covers a significant time period of evolutionary history and includes relevant techniques from other disciplines that have applications to the field of human evolution. Self-assessment questions linked to learning outcomes are provided for each chapter, together with further reading and reference to key sources in the primary literature. The book will thus be effective both as a conventional textbook and for independent study.

Written by two authors with a wealth of teaching experience The Emergence of Humans will prove invaluable to students in the biological and natural sciences needing a clear, balanced introduction to the study of human evolution.