Jeffrey K. McKee

Understanding Human Evolution (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For the one-term course in human evolution, paleoanthropology, or fossil hominins taught at the junior/senior level in departments of anthropology or biology.This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleoanthropology-the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the latest fossil finds, attempts to place humans into the context of geological and biological change on the planet, and presents current controversies in an even-handed manner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317342793
• Artikelnr.: 43983325

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey K. McKee, Ohio State UniversityFrank E. Poirier, Emeritus, Ohio State UniversityW. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University

Inhaltsangabe

1. Trends in Human Evolution. 2. Fossils, Fossilization, and Dating
Methods. 3. Determining Evolutionary Relationships. 4. Our Place in the
Animal Kingdom. 5. Reconstructing Ancient Human Behavior and Social
Organizations: Use of the Comparative Approach. 6. Early Primate Evolution.
7. Basal Anthropoids, The Evolution of Monkeys, and the Transition to Apes.
8. The Early Hominins. 9. The Hominin Divergence. 10. The Spread of Homo
Beyond Africa. 11. Transitions to Archaic Homo sapiens. 12. Neandertals and
Their Immediate Predecessors. 13. The Appearance of Homo sapiens sapiens.
14. Conclusion? Glossary