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The waterside ape : an alternative account of human evolution / Peter Rhys-Evans.
Penn Museum Library GN281.4 .R48 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhys Evans, P. H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Human beings--Origin.
- Human beings.
- Human physiology.
- Riparian ecology.
- Aquatic ecology.
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 226 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019]
- Contents:
- Theories of human evolution
- The aquatic debate
- Our genetic heritage
- Our early ancestors
- The Neanderthals and their demise
- The waterside ape : why are we so different?
- The naked ape
- Why we lost our coats : the early hominin tailors
- Evolutionary adaptations in the human skull and sinuses
- Human skull buoyancy and the diving reflex
- Surfer's ear
- Evolution of the human brain
- Food for thought and the cognitive revolution
- The human larynx and evolution of voice
- Obstetric and neonatal considerations
- Marine adaptations in the human kidney
- Scars of evolution
- We are what we eat
- An incredible journey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780367145484
- 0367145480
- 9780367145514
- 0367145510
- OCLC:
- 1082312444
- Publisher Number:
- 99981980587
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