Handbook of paleoanthropology / Winifried Henke, Ian Tattersall, eds ; in collaboration with Thorolf Hardt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henke, Winfried.

Tattersall, Ian

Hardt, Thorolf

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Springer reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2007.

Contents:

v. I. Principles, methods and approaches

v. II. Primate evolution and human origins

v. III. Phylogeny of hominids.

v. 1. Principles, methods and approaches. Historical overview of paleoanthropological research / Winifried Henke

Evolutionary theory in philosophical focus / Philippe Huneman

The ontogeny-phylogeny nexus in a nutshell : implications for primatology and paleoanthropology / Peter R. Menke

Principles of taxonomy and classification : current procedures for naming and classifying organisms / Michael Ohl

Quantitative approaches to phylogenetics / Kaila E. Folinsbee ... [et al]

Homology : a philosophical and biological perspective / Olivier Rieppel

Taphonomic and diagenetic processes / Gisela Grupe

Archeology / Miriam N. Haidle

Contribution of stable light isotopes to paleoenvironmental reconstruction / Julia Lee-Thorp, Matt Sponheimer

Chronometric methods in paleoanthropology / Gunther A. Wagner

Geological background of early hominid sites in Africa / Ottmar Kullmer

Paleoclimate / Keith Alverson

Paleosols / Gregory Retallack

Quaternary deposits and paleosites / Klaus-Dieter Jager

Zoogeography : primate and early hominin distribution and migration patterns / Alan Turner, Hannah O'Regan

Patterns of diversification and extinction / Walter Etter

Paleoecology : an adequate window on the past? / Thorolf Hardt, Britta Hardt, Peter R. Menke

Hominin paleodiets : the contribution of stable isotopes / Matt Sponheimer, Julia Lee-Thorp

Estimation of basic life history data of fossil hominoids / Helmut Hemmer

Population genetics and paleoanthropology / John H. Relethford

Ancient DNA / Susanne Hummel

Paleodemography of extinct hominin populations / Janet Monge, Alan Mann

Modeling the past : the primatological approach / R.W. Sussman, Donna Hart

Modeling the past : the paleoethnological evidence / Paolo Biagi

Modeling the past : the linguistic approach / Bernard Comrie

General principles of evolutionary morphology / Gabriele A. Macho

Computer-based reconstruction : technical aspects and applications / Lilian Ulhaas

Prospects and pitfalls / Jean-Jacques Hublin.

v. 2. Primate evolution and human origins. Primate origins and supraordinal relationships : morphological evidence / Mary T. Silcox ... [et. al]

Molecular evidence on primate origins and evolution / Hans Zischler

Fossil record of the primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene / D. Tab Rasmussen

Fossil record of Miocene hominoids / David R. Begun

The biotic environments of the late Miocene hominids / Jordi Agusti

Postcranial and locomotor adaptations of hominoids / Carol V. Ward

Hominoid cranial diversity and adaptation / Alan Bilsborough, Todd C. Rae

Dental adaptations of African apes / Mark F. Teaford, Peter S. Ungar

Evolution of the primate brain / Dean Falk

Primate life histories / Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel

The biology and evolution of ape and monkey feeding / Joanna E. Lambert

Great ape social systems / Angela Meder

Primate intelligence / Richard W. Byrne

Chimpanzee hunting behavior / Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher

Cooperation, coalition, alliances / Charlotte K. Hemelrijk, Jutta Steinhauser.

v. 3. Phylogeny of hominids. Potential hominoid ancestors for Hominidae / George D. Koufos

Defining Hominidae / Jeffrey H. Schwartz

Origins of Homininae and putative selection pressures acting on the early hominins / Boguslaw Pawlowski

Role of environmental stimuli in hominid origins / Elisabeth S. Vrba

The origins of bipedal locomotion / William E.H. Harcourt-Smith

The earliest putative hominids / Brigitte Senut

The species and diversity of Australopiths / William H. Kimbel

Defining the genus Homo / Mark Collard, Bernard Wood

The earliest putative Homo fossils / Friedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer, Timothy Bromage

Homo ergaster and its contemporaries / Ian Tattersall

Defining Homo erectus : size considered / Susan C. Anton ... [et. al]

Later middle Pleistocene Homo / G. Philip Rightmire

Neanderthals and their contemporaries / Katerina Harvati

Origin of modern humans / Gunter Brauer

Analyzing hominid phylogeny / David Strait, Frederick E. Grine, John G. Fleagle

Phylogenetic relationships (Biomolecules) / Todd R. Disotell

Population biology and population genetics of Pleistocene hominins / Alan R. Templeton

Species concepts and speciation : facts and fantasies / Colin Groves

Human environmental impact in the Paleolithic and Neolithic / Wolfgang Nentwig

The dentition of American Indians : evolutionary results and demographic implications following colonization from Siberia / Christy G. Turner II, G. Richard Scott

Overview of Paleolithic archeology / Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick

The network of brain, body, language, and culture / Steven Mithen

Cultural evolution in Africa and Eurasia during the middle and late Pleistocene / Nicholas Conrad

Paleoanthropology and the foundation of ethics : methodological remarks on the problem of criteriology / Mathias Gutmann, Michael Weingarten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783540324744

3540324747

OCLC:

76820354