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050 0 0 _aGN282
_b.A27 2012
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245 0 0 _aAfrican genesis :
_bperspectives on hominid evolution /
_cedited by Sally C. Reynolds, Andrew Gallagher.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 582 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
_v62
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _tForeword /
_rJ. Francis Thackeray --
_g1.
_tAfrican genesis : an evolving paradigm /
_rSally C. Reynolds ;
_g2.
_tAcademic genealogy /
_rPeter S. Ungar and Phillip V. Tobias --
_gpt. 1.
_tIn search of origins : evolutionary theory, new species, and paths into the past.
_g3.
_tSpeciation in hominin evolution /
_rColin Groves ;
_g4.
_tSearching for a new paradigm for hominid origins in Chad (Central Africa) /
_rMichel Brunet ;
_g5.
_tFrom hominoid arboreality to hominid bipedalism /
_rBrigitte Senut ;
_g6.
_tOrrorin and the African ape/hominid dichotomy /
_rMartin Pickford ;
_g7.
_tA brief review of history and results of 40 years of Sterkfontein excavations /
_rRonald J. Clarke --
_gpt. 2.
_tHominin morphology through time : brains, bodies and teeth.
_g8.
_tHominin brain evolution, 1925-2011 : an emerging overview /
_rDean Falk ;
_g9.
_tThe issue of brain reorganisation in Australopithecus and early hominids : Dart had it right /
_rRalph L. Holloway ;
_g10.
_tThe mass of the human brain : is it a spandrel? /
_rPaul R. Manger, Jason Hemingway, Muhammad A. Spocter and Andrew Gallagher ;
_g11.
_tOrigin and diversity of early hominin bipedalism /
_rHenry M. McHenry ;
_g12.
_tForelimb adaptations in Australopithecus afarensis /
_rMichelle S.M. Drapeau ;
_g13.
_tHominin proximal femur morphology from the Tugen Hills to Flores /
_rBrian G. Richmond and William L. Jungers ;
_g14.
_tDaily rates of dentine formation and root extension rates in Paranthropus boisei, KNM-ER 1817, from Koobi Fora, Kenya /
_rM. Christopher Dean ;
_g15.
_tOn the evolutionary development of early hominid molar teeth and the Gondolin Paranthropus molar /
_rKevin L. Kuykendall ;
_g16.
_tDigital South African fossils : morphological studies using reference-based reconstruction and electronic preparation /
_rGerhard W. Weber, Philipp Gunz, Simon Neubauer, Philipp Mitteroecker and Fred L. Bookstein --
_gpt. 3.
_tModern human origins : patterns, and processes.
_g17.
_tBody size in African Middle Pleistocene Homo /
_rSteven E. Churchill, Lee R. Berger, Adam Hartstone-Rose and B. Headman Zondo ;
_g18.
_tThe African origin of recent humanity /
_rMilford H. Wolpoff and Sang-Hee Lee ;
_g19.
_tAssimilation and modern human origins in the African peripheries /
_rFred H. Smith, Vance T. Hutchinson and Ivor Janković ;
_g20.
_tPatterns of Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution in Africa and the emergence of modern humans /
_rEmma Mbua and Günter Bräuer ;
_g21.
_tIntegration of the genetic, anatomical, and archaeological data for the African origin of modern humans : problems and prospects /
_rOsbjorn M. Pearson --
_gpt. 4.
_tIn search of context : hominin environments, behaviour and lithic cultures.
_g22.
_tAnimal palaeocommunity variability and habitat preference of robust australopiths in South Africa /
_rDarryl J. de Ruiter, Matt Sponheimer and Julia Lee-Thorp ;
_g23.
_tImpacts of environmental change and community ecology on the composition and diversity of the southern African monkey fauna from the Plio-Pleistocene to the present /
_rSarah Elton ;
_g24.
_tAfrican genesis revisited : reflections on Raymond Dart and the 'predatory transition from ape( -man) to man' /
_rTravis R. Pickering ;
_g25.
_tShared intention in early artefacts : an exploration of deep structure and implications for communication and language /
_rJohn A.J. Gowlett ;
_g26.
_tSibudu Cave : recent archaeological work on the Middle Stone Age /
_rLyn Wadley ;
_g27.
_tThe oldest burials and their significance /
_rAvraham Ronen.
520 _aThe discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1924, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries continue to confirm the importance of this region to our understanding of human evolution. Outlining major developments since Raymond Dart's description of the Taung skull and, in particular, the impact of the pioneering work of Phillip V. Tobias, this book will be a valuable companion for students and researchers of human origins. It presents a summary of the current state of palaeoanthropology, reviewing the ideas that are central to the field, and provides a perspective on how future developments will shape our knowledge about hominin emergence in Africa. A wide range of key themes are covered, from the earliest fossils from Chad and Kenya, to the origins of bipedalism and the debate about how and where modern humans evolved and dispersed across Africa.
650 0 _aFossil hominids.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
700 1 _aReynolds, Sally C.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aGallagher, Andrew,
_d1975-
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107019959
830 0 _aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
_v62.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139096164
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