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Companion to paleoanthropology / [edited by] David R. Begun.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell companions to anthropology ; 22Publication details: Chichester : John Wiley, c2013.Description: xxvii, 620 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781444331165 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 569.9 23 B418
Contents:
1. The past, present and future of paleoanthropology / David R. Begun -- 2. History / Matthew R. Goodrum -- Part I: Background to Paleoanthropology 3. Human systematics / David S. Strait -- 4. Experimental approaches to musculoskeletal function / Matthew J. Ravosa, Kimberly A. Congdon, and Rachel A. Menegaz -- 5. Multivariate quantitative methods in paleoanthropology / Michael A. Schillaci and Philipp Gunz -- 6. Growth, development and life history in hominin evolution / Jay Kelley and Debra Bolter -- 7. Cranial evolution in the apes / Brian T. Shea -- 8. Hominid brain evolution / Thomas Schoenemann -- 9. Hominin diets / Peter S. Ungar and Matt Sponheimer -- 10. Origin and evolution of human postcranial anatomy / Brian G. Richmond and Kevin G. Hatala -- 11. Multiproxy paleoecology : reconstructing evolutionary context in paleoanthropology / Kaye E. Reed -- 12. Reconstructing social behavior from fossil evidence / J. Michael Plavcan -- 13. Geochronology / Alan L. Deino -- 14. The origins and evolution of technology / Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth -- 15. Genetic perspectives on ape and human evolution / Todd R. Disotell -- 16. The genetics of morphology / Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren -- 17. Paleoanthropology and race / Milford H. Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari -- Part II: The Fossil Record 18. Primate origins / Mary T. Silcox -- 19. Anthropoid origins / K. Christopher Beard -- 20. Catarrhine origins / Terry Harrison -- 21. The Miocene hominoid radiations / David R. Begun -- 22. Before Australopithecus : the earliest hominins / Scott W. Simpson -- 23. Australopithecus and Kenyanthropus / Ashley S. Hammond and Carol V. Ward -- 24. Paranthropus / Bernard Wood and Kes Schroer -- 25. Earliest Homo / Friedemann Schrenk -- 26. Homo erectus and related taxa / Susan C. Antón -- 27. The Middle Pleistocene record : on the ancestry of 28. Neanderthals / Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou -- 29. Modern human origins / Mark Collard and Mana Dembo -- 30. Homo floresiensis / William L. Jungers -- Index--
Summary: "A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings representing the state-of-the-art in our knowledge relating to the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The past, present and future of paleoanthropology / David R. Begun --
2. History / Matthew R. Goodrum --

Part I: Background to Paleoanthropology
3. Human systematics / David S. Strait --
4. Experimental approaches to musculoskeletal function / Matthew J. Ravosa, Kimberly A. Congdon, and Rachel A. Menegaz --
5. Multivariate quantitative methods in paleoanthropology / Michael A. Schillaci and Philipp Gunz --
6. Growth, development and life history in hominin evolution / Jay Kelley and Debra Bolter --
7. Cranial evolution in the apes / Brian T. Shea --
8. Hominid brain evolution / Thomas Schoenemann --
9. Hominin diets / Peter S. Ungar and Matt Sponheimer --
10. Origin and evolution of human postcranial anatomy / Brian G. Richmond and Kevin G. Hatala --
11. Multiproxy paleoecology : reconstructing evolutionary context in paleoanthropology / Kaye E. Reed --
12. Reconstructing social behavior from fossil evidence / J. Michael Plavcan --
13. Geochronology / Alan L. Deino --
14. The origins and evolution of technology / Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth --
15. Genetic perspectives on ape and human evolution / Todd R. Disotell --
16. The genetics of morphology / Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren --
17. Paleoanthropology and race / Milford H. Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari --

Part II: The Fossil Record
18. Primate origins / Mary T. Silcox --
19. Anthropoid origins / K. Christopher Beard --
20. Catarrhine origins / Terry Harrison --
21. The Miocene hominoid radiations / David R. Begun --
22. Before Australopithecus : the earliest hominins / Scott W. Simpson --
23. Australopithecus and Kenyanthropus / Ashley S. Hammond and Carol V. Ward --
24. Paranthropus / Bernard Wood and Kes Schroer --
25. Earliest Homo / Friedemann Schrenk --
26. Homo erectus and related taxa / Susan C. Antón --
27. The Middle Pleistocene record : on the ancestry of
28. Neanderthals / Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou --
29. Modern human origins / Mark Collard and Mana Dembo --
30. Homo floresiensis / William L. Jungers --
Index--

"A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings representing the state-of-the-art in our knowledge relating to the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence"--

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