History of Our Tribe : Hominini

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welker, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoanthropology--Textbooks.

Paleoanthropology.

Evolution--Textbooks.

Evolution.

Anthropology--Textbooks.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Open SUNY [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The History of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.

Contents:

Part I: An Introduction to Paleoanthropology

1. Paleoanthropology

2. Primate Classification

3. Primate Evolution

4. Primate Social Organization

5. What is a Hominim

Part II: Miocene Epoch

6. Sahelanthropus tchadensis

7. Orrorin tugenensis

8. Ardipithecus ramidus, Ardipithecus kadabba

Part III: Pliocene Epoch

9. Gracile Australopiths

10. Australopithecus anamensis

11. Australopithecus afarensis

12. Australopithecus bahrelghazali

13. Kenyanthropus platyops

14. Australopithecus prometheus or africanus

15. Australopithecus africanus

Part IV: Pleistocene Epoch

16. Paranthropines

17. Australopithecus/Paranthropus aethiopicus

18. Paranthropus boisei

19. Paranthropus robustus

20. Australopithecus garhi

21. Australopithecus sediba

22. Genus Homo

23. Homo habilis

24. Homo rudolfensis

25. Homo species indeterminate

26. Homo naledi

27. The "erectus Grade"

28. Homo ergaster

29. Homo erectus

30. Homo georgicus

31. Homo antecessor

32. Homo floresiensis

33. Homo heidelbergensis

34. The Denisovans

35. Homo neanderthalensis

36. Homo sapiens

Postscript

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on print resource

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access