The Comparative Approach In Evolutionary Anthropology And Biology
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Author | : Charles L. Nunn |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2011-07-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226090000 |
Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tasks to the performance of human children on the same tasks. And when new fossils are found, such as those of the tiny humans of Flores, scientists compare these remains to other fossils and contemporary humans. Comparison provides a way to draw general inferences about the evolution of traits and therefore has long been the cornerstone of efforts to understand biological and cultural diversity. Individual studies of fossilized remains, living species, or human populations are the essential units of analysis in a comparative study; bringing these elements into a broader comparative framework allows the puzzle pieces to fall into place, creating a means of testing adaptive hypotheses and generating new ones. With this book, Charles L. Nunn intends to ensure that evolutionary anthropologists and organismal biologists have the tools to realize the potential of comparative research. Nunn provides a wide-ranging investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in past and present research, including studies of animal behavior, biodiversity, linguistic evolution, allometry, and cross-cultural variation. He also points the way to the future, exploring the new phylogeny-based comparative approaches and offering a how-to manual for scientists who wish to incorporate these new methods into their research.
Author | : Paul H. Harvey |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Several different methods for analyzing comparative data have been suggested over the past few years. This book places comparative studies firmly in their biological context, and equally firmly in their statistical context.
Author | : Paul H. Harvey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
From Darwin onward, it has been second nature for evolutionary biologists to think comparatively, because comparisons establish the generality of evolutionary phenomena. Do large genomes slow down development? What lifestyles select for large brains? Are extinction rates related to body size? These are all questions for the comparative method, and this book is about how such questions can be answered. It examines how the comparative method complements other approaches, identifies the biological causes of similarity among species, and discusses methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees, along with many other topics. The book will interest all students, professionals, and researchers in evolutionary biology, ecology, genetics and related fields.
Author | : Noel Thomas Boaz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780133692082 |
For the introductory physical anthropology course. It may also be appropriate for the upper level biological anthropology course. This innovative new text narrates the history of the evolutionary progression of the human lineage through time. Evolution by natural selection provides the conceptual framework as students learn the essentials of molecular anthropology and genetics, then are led through geological time to the origins of vertebrates, mammals, primates, hominoids, and finally hominids. In each section, behavior, morphology, adaptation, and ecology are discussed to provide the comparative basis for human origins.
Author | : Liam J. Revell |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2022-09-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691219036 |
An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biology Phylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable biologists to analyze and better understand the evolutionary tree of life, and shed vital new light on patterns of divergence and common ancestry among all species on Earth. This textbook shows how to carry out phylogenetic comparative analyses in the R statistical computing environment. Liam Revell and Luke Harmon provide an incisive conceptual overview of each method along with worked examples using real data and challenge problems that encourage students to learn by doing. By working through this book, students will gain a solid foundation in these methods and develop the skills they need to interpret patterns in the tree of life. Covers every major method of modern phylogenetic comparative analysis in RExplains the basics of R and discusses topics such as trait evolution, diversification, trait-dependent diversification, biogeography, and visualizationFeatures a wealth of exercises and challenge problemsServes as an invaluable resource for students and researchers, with applications in ecology, evolution, anthropology, disease transmission, conservation biology, and a host of other areasWritten by two of today’s leading developers of phylogenetic comparative methods
Author | : P. C. Lee |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2001-07-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521004244 |
Methodologies as applied to recent primate research that will provide new approaches to comparative research.
Author | : Cara M. Wall-Scheffler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2020-01-16 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1107199573 |
Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.
Author | : Noel Thomas Boaz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jennifer Vonk |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2012-02-13 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0199738181 |
This volume brings together leading experts in comparative and evolutionary psychology. Top scholars summarize the histories and possible futures of their disciplines, and the contribution of each to illuminating the evolutionary forces that give rise to unique abilities in distantly and closely related species.
Author | : Barry Bogin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1999-05-06 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780521564380 |
A revised edition of an established text on human growth and development from an anthropological and evolutionary perspective.