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| Author | : Yoel Rak |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2014-05-10 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1483219801 |
The Australopithecine Face provides an introduction to the interpretation of the facial skeleton of Australopithecus, a part of the anatomy well represented in the African collections. This book presents important morphological differences between the early hominid taxa and interprets them in a biochemical, functional, evolutionary framework. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the description of the face of the four species of Australopithecus, extending to comparisons both within the genus and with other primates. This text then provides an analysis of the facial morphology of Australopithecus in terms of structural significance. Other chapters consider the taxonomic and phylogenetic status of the australopithecine species in light of the description and comparison. This book discusses as well the changes in the morphology and topography of the facial mask. The final chapter deals with the phylogenetic assignment of the different species. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists.
| Author | : Barbara Welker |
| Publisher | : Open SUNY Textbooks |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017-01-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781942341413 |
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 Evolution 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.
| Author | : Kaye E. Reed |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2013-03-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9400759193 |
Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. This volume synthesizes the geological and paleontological context of the species in East and South Africa; covers individual sites, such as Dikika, Hadar, Sterkfontein, and Malapa; debates the alpha taxonomy of some of the species; and addresses questions regarding the movements of the species across the continent. Additional chapters discuss the genus in terms of sexual dimorphism, diet reconstruction using microwear and isotopic methodologies, postural and locomotor behavior, and ontogeny.
| Author | : Andrew Shryock |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 2011-11-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520270282 |
This breakthrough book brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Team-written by leading experts in a variety of fields, it maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a new scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, migration, and more.
| Author | : David R. Begun |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 593 |
| Release | : 2012-12-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1118332377 |
A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe. Represents an accessible state-of-the-art summary of the entire field of paleoanthropology, with an overview of hominid taxonomy Features articles on the key discoveries in ape and human evolution, in cranial, postcranial and brain evolution, growth and development Surveys the breadth of the paleontological record from primate origins to modern humans Highlights the unique methods and techniques of paleoanthropology, including dating and ecological methods, and use of living primate date to reconstruct behavior in fossil apes and humans
| Author | : Yoel Rak |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Australopithecines |
| ISBN | : 9780012576281 |
| Author | : Donald E. Johanson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Australopithecines. |
| ISBN | : 0684810239 |
Photographs of significant hominid fossils and artifacts illustrate an assessment of the visual proof of human evolution and the meaning of clues left by the forebears of the human race. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
| Author | : Sally C. Reynolds |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 599 |
| Release | : 2012-03-29 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1107019958 |
This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.
| Author | : D. Jeffrey Meldrum |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2011-06-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 144198965X |
The inspiration for this volume of contributed papers stemmed from conversations between the editors in front of Chuck Hilton's poster on the determinants of hominid walking speed, presented at thel998 meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA). Earlier at those meetings, Jeff Meldrum (with Roshna Wunderlich) had presented an alternate interpretation of the Laetoli footprints based on evidence of midfoot flexibility. As the discussion ensued we found convergence on a number of ideas about the nature of the evolution of modem human walking. From the continuation of that dialogue grew the proposal for a symposium which we called From Biped to Strider: the Emergence of Modem Human Walking. The symposium was held as a session of the 69th annual meeting of the AAPA, held in San Antonio, Texas in 2000. It seemed to us that the study of human bipedalism had become overshadowed by theoften polarized debates over whether australo pithecines were wholly terrestrial in habit, or retained a significant degree of arboreality.
| Author | : Donald Johanson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 1990-09-15 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0671724991 |
"How our oldest human ancestor was discovered--and who she was"--Cover.
