The human evolution source book. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle.
• Other Names: Ciochon, Russell L; Fleagle, John G
• Contents: Part I Geological Background to Human Evolution 1; 1 Stratigraphy Explained 3; F. H. Brown and J. A. Van Couvering; 2 Cyclostratigraphy 6; J. A. Van Couvering; 3 Geochronometry: Measurement of Geologic Time 12; F. H. Brown; 4 Radiocarbon Dating 14; H. P. Schwarcz; 5 Potassium-Argon Dating 16; F. H. Brown; 6 Electron Spin Resonance Dating, Fission-Track Dating, Thermoluminescence; Dating, and Uranium-Series Dating 19; H. P. Schwarcz; 7 Paleomagnetism and Human Evolution 24; F. H. Brown; 8 Taphonomy in Human Evolution 27; A. Hill; Part II The Earliest Hominids: Biomolecular and Morphological Evidence 31; 9 African Apes as Time Machines 33; R. Wrangham and D. Pilbeam; 10 Molecular Anthropology and the Molecular Clock 38; J. Marks; 11 Human and Ape Molecular Clocks and Constraints on Paleontological Hypotheses 41; R. L. Stauffer, A. Walker, O. A. Ryder, M. Lyons-Weiler, and S. Blair Hedges; 12 Ardipithecusramidus, a Root Species for Australopithecus 48; T. White, B. Asfaw, and G. Suwa; 13 First Hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya) 53; B. Senut, M. Pickford, D. Gommery, P. Mein, K. Cheboi, and Y. Coppens; 14 Late Miocene Hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia 58; Y. Haile-Selassie; 15 A New Hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa; M. Brunet, F. Guy, D. Pilbeam, H. Taisso Mackaye, A. Likius, D. Ahounta, A. Beauvilain, C. Blondel, H. Bocherens, J.-R. Boisserie, L. De Bonis, Y. Coppens, J. Dejax, C. Denys, P. Duringer, V. Eisenmann, G. Fanone, P. Fronty, D. Geraads, T. Lehmann, F. Lihoreau, A. Louchart, A. Mahamat, G. Merceron, G. Mouchelin, O. Otero, P. Pelaez Campomanes, M. Ponce de Leon, J.-C. Rage, M. Sapanet, M. Schuster, J. Sudre, P. Tassy, X. Valentin, P. Vignaud, L. Viriot, A. Zazzo, and C. Zollikofer; Part III Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Relatives 73; 16 The Australopithecines in Review 76; L. C. Aiello and P. Andrews; 17 The New Hominid Species Australopithecus anamensis 90; C. Ward, M. Leakey, and A. Walker; 18 New Hominin Genus from Eastern Africa Shows Diverse Middle Pliocene Lineages 98; M. G. Leakey, F. Spoor, F. H. Brown, P. Gathogo, C. Kiarie, L. N. Leakey, and I. McDougall; 19 Tempo and Mode in Human Evolution 108; H. M. McHenry; 20 Inferring Hominoid and Early Hominid Phylogeny Using Craniodental Characters: The Role of Fossil Taxa 115; D. S. Strait and F. E. Grine; 21 Evolution of Human Walking 149; C. O. Lovejoy; 22 Climbing to the Top: A Personal Memoir of Australopithecus afarensis 157; J. T. Stern, Jr; 23 Early Hominid Brain Evolution: A New Look at Old Endocasts 176; D. Falk, J. C. Redmond, Jr., J. Guyer, G. C. Conroy, W. Recheis, G. W. Weber, and H. Seidler; 24 Diet and the Evolution of the Earliest Human Ancestors 189; M. F. Teaford and P. S. Ungar; 25 Early Hominid Evolution and Ecological Change through the African Plio-Pleistocene 197; K. E. Reed; Part IV Origin of the Genus Homo and Early Evolution in Africa 219; 26 The History of the Genus Homo 222; B. A. Wood; 27 Late Pliocene Homo and Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member); Ethiopia 228; W. H. Kimbel, R. C. Walter, D. C. Johanson, K. E. Reed, J. L. Aronson, Z. Assefa, C. W. Marean, G. G. Eck, R. Bobe, E. Hovers, Y. Rak, C. Vondra, T. Yemane, D. York, Y. Chen, N. M. Evensen, and P. E. Smith; 28 Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania 235; R. J. Blumenschine, C. R. Peters, F. T. Masao, R. J. Clarke, A. L. Deino, R. L. Hay, C. C. Swisher, I. G. Stanistreet, G. M. Ashley, L. J. McHenry, N. E. Sikes, N. J. van der Merwe, J. C. Tactikos, A. E. Cushing, D. M. Deocampo, J. K. Njau, and J. I. Ebert; 29 Australopithecus garhi: A New Species of Early Hominid from Ethiopia 243; B. Asfaw, T. White, O. Lovejoy, B. Latimer, S. Simpson, and G. Suwa; 30 Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids 251; J. de Heinzelin, J. D. Clark, T. White, W. Hart, P. Renne, G. WoldeGabriel, Y. Beyene, and E. Vrba; 31 The World’s Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding; Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution between 2.6-1.5 Million Years Ago 256; S. Semaw; 32 Perspectives on the Nariokotome Discovery 271; A. Walker; 33 Remains of Homo erectus from Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia 285; B. Asfaw, W. H. Gilbert, Y. Beyene, W. K. Hart, P. R. Renne, G. WoldeGabriel, E. S. Vrba, and T. D. White; Part V Evolution and Dispersal of Homo erectus 293; 34 The African Emergence and Early Asian Dispersals of the Genus Homo 293; R. Larick and R. L. Ciochon; 35 Dmanisi and Dispersal 310; L. Gabunia, S. C. Antón, D. Lordkipanidze, A. Vekua, A. Justus, and C. Swisher III; 36 A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia 321; A. Vekua, D. Lordkipanidze, G. P. Rightmire, J. Agusti, R. Ferring, G. Maisuradze, A. Mouskhelishvili, M. Nioradze, M. Ponce de Leon, M. Tappen, M. Tvalchrelidze, and C. Zollikofer; 37 Venta Micena, Barranco León-5 and Fuentenueva-3: Three Archaeological Sites in the Early; Pleistocene Deposits of Orce, South-East Spain 327; J. Gibert, L. Gibert, C. Ferràndez-Canyadell, A. Iglesias, and F. González; 38 New Evidence on the Earliest Human Presence at High Northern Latitudes in Northeast Asia 336; R. X. Zhu, R. Potts, F. Xle, K. A. Hoffman, C. L. Deng, C. D. Shi, Y. X. Pan, H. Q. Wang, R. P. Shi, Y. C. Wang, G. H. Shi, and N. Q. Wu; 39 Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-Like Stone Technology of the Bose Basin, South China 340; Y. Hou, R. Potts, B. Yuan, Z. Guo, A. Deino, W. Wang, J. Clark, G. Xie, and W. Huang; 40 Evidence for the Use of Fire at Zhoukoudian, China 345; S. Weiner, Q. Xu, P. Goldberg, J. Liu, and O. Bar-Yosef; 41 Homo erectus and the Emergence of Sunda in the Tethys Realm: Contributions of Potassium-; Based Chronology in the Sangiran Dome, Central Java 348; R. Larick, R. L. Ciochon, and Y. Zaim; 42 Homo erectus Calvarium from the Pleistocene of Java 357; H. Baba, F. Aziz, Y. Kaifu, G. Suwa, R. T. Kono, and T. Jacob; 43 Latest Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia; 363; C. C. Swisher III, W. J. Rink, S. C. Anton, H. P. Schwarcz, G. H. Curtis, A. Suprijo, and Widiasmoro; 44 A New Small-Bodied Hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia 368; P. Brown, T. Sutikna, M. J. Morwood, R. P. Soejono, Jatmiko, E. Wayhu Saptomo, and Rokus Awe Due; 45 Grandmothering and the Evolution of Ho
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Upper Saddle River, N.J : Pearson Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 699 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 599.93/8; Human evolution; Hominidae; Biological Evolution; Human evolution; Paläoanthropologie -- Aufsatzsammlung; Mensch -- Evolution -- Aufsatzsammlung; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1317347781; 9781317347781; 9781317347774; 1317347773
• Related ISBNs: 0130329819; 9780130329813; 1317347765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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