Bones, stones, and molecules : "out of Africa" and human origins / David W. Cameron and Colin P. Groves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, David W.

Contributor:

Groves, Colin P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoanthropology.

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins. The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis is examined through the functional and developmental processes associated with the evolution of the human skull and face and focuses on the significance of the Australian record. The book analyzes important new discoveries that have occurred recently and examines evidence that is not available elsewhere. Cameron and Groves argue that the existing evidence supports a recent origin f

Contents:

Introduction

Evolution of the Miocene great apes

Later Miocene and Pliocene hominids

Our kind of hominins

A systematic scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene hominids

The first African exodus : the emergence of early homo in Europe and Asia

Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene

"The grisly folk" : the emergence of the Neanderthals

The second African exodus : the emergence of modern humans

The emergence of modern humans in Asia and in Australia

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-394) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-05328-7

9786611053284

0-08-048841-2

OCLC:

476056286