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Human evolution : trails from the past / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cela Conde, Camilo José.
- Series:
- Oxford biology.
- Oxford biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fossil hominids.
- Paleoanthropology.
- Human evolution.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 437 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 languagebook.
- Contents:
- Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal
- 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 versus homo
- The radiation of homo
- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade
- The late-Pleistocene transition
- The uniqueness of being human.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-417) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611160272
- 1-281-16027-X
- 0-19-152443-3
- 1-4356-0973-5
- OCLC:
- 476242286
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