Title:
Principles of human evolution
Author:
Lewin, Roger.
ISBN:
9780632047048
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Malden, Me : Blackwell Pub. Co., 2004.
Physical Description:
x, 555 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Preface for students: a guide to studying human evolution -- Pt. 1. The Framework of Human Evolution -- Ch. 1. The growth of the evolutionary perspective -- Ch. 2. The principles of evolutionary theory -- Ch. 3. Pattern and process in evolution -- Ch. 4. The geological context -- Ch. 5. The systematic context -- Ch. 6. Human evolution in comparative perspective -- Ch. 7. Reconstructing behavior -- Pt. 2. Early Hominin Evolution -- Ch. 8. Apes, hominins, and humans: morphology, molecules, and fossils -- Ch. 9. Searching for the first hominins -- Ch. 10. The apelike hominins -- Ch. 11. Origins of Homo -- Ch. 12. Behavior and evolution of early hominins -- Ch. 13. Africa and beyond: the evolution of Homo -- Pt. 3. Later Hominin Evolution -- Ch. 14. The origin of modern humans: background and fossil evidence -- Ch. 15. The origin of modern humans: genetic evidence -- Ch. 16. The origin of modern humans: archeology, behavior, and evolutionary process.
Ch. 17. Evolution of the brain, intelligence, and culture -- Ch. 18. Language and symbolism -- Ch. 19. New worlds, old worlds.
Abstract:
"Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and molecular genetics approaches to important questions in the field, this timely textbook will help students gain a perspective on human evolution in the context of modern biological thinking."--BOOK JACKET.
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