Human paleontology and prehistory : contributions in honor of Yoel Rak /: contributions in honor of Yoel Rak. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Assaf Marom, Erella Hovers.
• Editors: Marom, Assaf; Hovers, Erella
• Other Names: Rak, Yoel honouree.
• Contents: Foreword; On a Personal Note; Preface; "A boring story"; A Matter of Character; What's in the Book?; References; Major Publications of Yoel Rak; Books; Selected Articles and Reviews; Contents; Contributors; 1 Why Was Human Evolution So Rapid?; Abstract; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Wallace's Controversy with Darwin on Man's Mental Evolution, on the Position of the Natives in Human Evolution, and His Anticipation of Cultural Evolution, as Distinct from Biological Evolution; Abstract; Introduction; Darwin on Human Races; Alfred Russel Wallace; Wallace's "Apostasy." Gould's Criticism of WallaceCultural Evolution Versus Biological Evolution; Addendum; Wallace versus Darwin: On the Relation of Consciousness to the Brain; Darwin on Consciousness; References; 3 Man's Place in Past and Future Evolution: A Historical Survey of Remarkable Ideas; Abstract; The Origin; Man and the Apes; Brain and Intellect; Heredity and Human Evolution; Eugenics -- Controlling Human Evolution; Science and Human Evolution; Mankind in Nature: A Special Case?; Man and the Rest of the World: Ecology and Evolution; Man and Future Biological Evolution. Will Mankind Rise to the Challenge?Acknowledgments; References; 4 The Paleoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania, and Its Implications for Hominin Evolution; Abstract; Introduction; Paleoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds; Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 The Australopithecine Brain: Controversies Perpetual; Abstract; Ongoing Controversies; Some Recent Issues; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Posture, Locomotion and Bipedality: The Case of the Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Abstract; Introduction; Anatomy of the Bovid Hip. Materials and MethodsVertebral Morphology and Metrics; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Canine Height and Jaw Gape in Catarrhines with Reference to Canine Reduction in Early Hominins; Abstract; Introduction; Functional Links Between Canine Height and Jaw Gape in Catarrhines; Hypothesis and Predictions: Intraspecific Differences Between Adult Males and Females; Hypothesis and Predictions: Interspecific Differences; Materials and Methods; Living Subjects; Derived Variables; Statistical Analysis; Results; Predicting Gape: More on Interspecific Analyses of Catarrhines; Discussion. Intraspecific PredictionsInterspecific Predictions; Costs and Benefits of Modifying Bite Force, Gape and Canine Overlap in Catarrhines; Masticatory Efficiency and Canine Reduction in the Earliest Hominins; Relative Muscle Size, Position and Fiber Length in a Model Dimorphic Catarrhine Species: Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaques); Why Is It that Relative Gape in Male Catarrhines does not Correspond to Expected Relative Gape in Conspecific Female Catarrhines?; Reconsidering the High Mandibular Condyle of Catarrhines (and Robust australopiths); Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 569.9; Social sciences; Paleoanthropology; NATURE -- Fossils; SCIENCE -- Paleontology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social; Paleoanthropology; Social Sciences; Archaeology; Paleontology; History, general; Anthropology; Evolutionary Biology; Regional and Cultural Studies; History -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Social Science -- General; Palaeontology; History; Anthropology; Evolution; Cultural studies; Archaeology; Paleontology ; History; Anthropology; Evolution (Biology); Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319466460; 3319466461
• Related ISBNs: 9783319466446; 3319466445
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 3, 2017).
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