The brief length and focused coverage of Human Evolution: An
Illustrated Introduction have made this best-selling textbook
the ideal complement to any biology or anthropology course in which
human evolution is taught. The text places human evolution in the
context of humans as animals, while also showing the physical
context of human evolution, including climate change and the impact
of extinctions. Chapter introductions, numerous drawings and
photographs, and an essential glossary all add to the accessibility
of this text.The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to
include coverage of the latest discoveries and perspectives,
including:
· New early hominid fossils from Africa and Georgia, and
their implications
· New archaeological evidence from Africa on the origin of
modern humans
· Updated coverage of prehistoric art, including new
sites
· New perspectives on molecular evidence and their
implications for human population history.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.
Part I: Human Evolution in Perspective:.
1. Our Place in Nature.
2. Human Evolution as Narrative.
3. Historical Views.
4. Modern Evolutionary Theory.
5. The Physical Context of Evolution.
6. Extinction and Patterns of Evolution.
Part II: Background to Human Evolution:.
7. Dating Methods.
8. Systematics: Morphological and Molecular.
9. Science of Burial.
10. Primate Heritage.
Part III: Humans as Animals:.
11. Bodies, Size, and Shape.
12. Bodies, Brains, and Energy.
13. Bodies, Behavior, and Social Structure.
14. Nonhuman Models of Early Hominins.
Part IV: Hominin Beginnings:.
15. Ape and Human Relations.
16. Origin of the Hominoidea.
17. Origin of Bipedalism.
18. Jaws and Teeth.
19. The Earliest Known Hominins.
Part V: The Hominin Adaptation:.
20. The Australopithecines.
21. Early Homo.
22. Hominin Relations.
23. Early Tool Technologies.
Part VI: Homo erectus: Biology and Behavior:.
24. The Changing Position of Homo erectus.
25. New Technologies Unit 26: Hunter or Scavenger.
Part VII: Origin of Modern Humans:.
27. The Neanderthals.
28. Anatomical Evidence.
29. Genetic Evidence.
30. Archeological Evidence.
Part VIII: The Human Milieu:.
31. Evolution of Brain, Intelligence, and Consciousness.
32. The Evolution of Language.
33. Art in Prehistory.
Part IX: New Worlds:.
34. The Americas and Australia.
35. Origin of Agriculture and The First Villagers.
Glossary.
Index
Über den Autor
Roger Lewin is an Associate of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. He is the author of several books on human-origin research, three of which he co-authored with world-famous anthropologist Richard Leakey, as well as the author of the prize-winning Bones of Contention.
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