Bones, stones, and molecules : "out of Africa" and human origins

Bones, stones, and molecules : "out of Africa" and human origins / David W. Cameron and Colin P. Groves.

Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins. The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis is examined through the functional and developmental processes asso...

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Main Author: Cameron, David W.
Other Authors: Groves, Colin P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Paleoanthropology.
Human evolution.
Paleontology.
paleoanthropology.
paleontology.
NATURE > Fossils.
Paleontology
Human evolution
Paleoanthropology
Paleontologia.
Evolução humana.
Paléoanthropologie.
Homme > Évolution.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Evolution of the Miocene Great Apes
  • 3. The Later Miocene and Early Pliocene Hominids
  • 4. Our Kind of Hominins
  • 5. A Systematic Scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Hominids
  • 6. The First African Exodus: The Emergence of Early Homo in Europe and Asia
  • 7. Human Evolution in the Middle Pleistocene
  • 8. The Grisly Folk: The Emergence of the Neanderthals
  • 9. The Second African Exodus: The Emergence of Modern Humans
  • 10. The Emergence of Modern Humans in Asia and Australia
  • 11. Epilogue
  • Appendix: Detailed Description of Characters (DWC)
  • References
  • Index.
  • Introduction
  • Evolution of the Miocene great apes
  • Later Miocene and Pliocene hominids
  • Our kind of hominins
  • A systematic scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene hominids
  • The first African exodus : the emergence of early homo in Europe and Asia
  • Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene
  • "The grisly folk" : the emergence of the Neanderthals
  • The second African exodus : the emergence of modern humans
  • The emergence of modern humans in Asia and in Australia
  • Epilogue.

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