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Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
Author: Jones, Steve / Martin, Robert / Pilbeam, David
Edition/Copyright: 1992
ISBN: 0-521-46786-1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Paperback
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"� truly useful to a wide range of readers within anthropology, including graduate and undergraduate students as well as professors � There is no better source for finding brief, accurate, and current synopses of the issues, problems and methods of analysis within the domain of human evolutionary studies."

--American Journal of Physical Anthropology



Submitted by Publisher, July, 2001

 
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Now in paperback, this encyclopedia is a refreshing introduction to the human species that places modern humans squarely in evolutionary perspective and treats evolution 'itself' as a continuing genetic process in which every one of us is involved. Over seventy scholars worldwide have collaborated on the Encyclopedia, which is divided into ten main sections. The coverage ranges widely from genetics, primatology and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behavior, and demography and disease. Emphasis is placed throughout on the biological diversity of modern people and the increasing convergence of the fossil and genetic evidence for human evolution that has emerged in recent years. Boxes highlighting key issues and techniques are provided throughout the text, and there are numerous maps, photographs, diagrams, and ready-reference tables--all the reader needs in a single volume to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of how humankind has developed and how scientists set about investigating the origin of our species.

 
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Patterns of primate evolution
The life of primates
The brain and language
Primate social organisation
Human evolution in a geological context
The primate fossil record
Primate genetics and evolution
Genetic clues of relatedness
Early human behaviour and ecology
Human populations, past and present
Conclusion: The evolutionary future of humankind

 

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