The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins, Begun David R.
Автор: Andrews Название: An Ape`s View of Human Evolution ISBN: 1107100674 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107100671 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Whilst many books have addressed human evolution and the human fossil record, very few have examined our fossil ape relatives. This volume synthesises genetic, ecological and anatomical data to develop a unique account of what we know about our last common ancestor and how they lived.
Описание: Challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. This book argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts.
Автор: Ungar Peter S. Название: Evolution`s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins ISBN: 0691160538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691160535 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
What teeth can teach us about the evolution of the human species
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth to present a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth--their shape, chemistry, and wear--reveal how we came to be.
Ungar describes how a tooth's foodprints--distinctive patterns of microscopic wear and tear--provide telltale details about what an animal actually ate in the past. These clues, combined with groundbreaking research in paleoclimatology, demonstrate how a changing climate altered the food options available to our ancestors, what Ungar calls the biospheric buffet. When diets change, species change, and Ungar traces how diet and an unpredictable climate determined who among our ancestors was winnowed out and who survived, as well as why we transitioned from the role of forager to farmer. By sifting through the evidence--and the scars on our teeth--Ungar makes the important case for what might or might not be the most natural diet for humans.
Traveling the four corners of the globe and combining scientific breakthroughs with vivid narrative, Evolution's Bite presents a unique dental perspective on our astonishing human development.
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Автор: Dennell Название: Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins ISBN: 1107017858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107017856 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens.
Автор: Hidemi Ishida; Russell Tuttle; Martin Pickford; Na Название: Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds ISBN: 1441939946 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441939944 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34799.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology.- Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology.- Fossil Hominoids and Paleoenvironments.- Seven Decades of East African Miocene Anthropoid Studies.- Evolution of the Vertebral Column in Miocene Hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene Hominids.- Terrestriality in a Middle Miocene Context: Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya.- Late Cenozoic Mammalian Biostratigraphy And Faunal Change.- The Ages and Geological Backgrounds of Miocene Hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya.- Functional Morphology.- Patterns of Vertical Climbing in Primates.- Functional Morphology of the Midcarpal Joint in Knuckle-Walkers and Terrestrial Quadrupeds.- Morphological Adaptation of Rat Femora to Different Mechanical Environments.- A Hallmark of Humankind: The Gluteus Maximus Muscle.- Primates Trained for Bipedal Locomotion as a Model for Studying the Evolution of Bipedal Locomotion.- Locomotor Energetics in Nonhuman Primates.- Computer Simulation of Bipedal Locomotion.- Theoretical Approaches.- Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology, Adaptations, and the Origins of Bipedalism in Hominidae.- Arboreal Origin of Bipedalism.- Neontological Perspectives on East African Middle and Late Miocene Anthropoidea.- The Prehominid Locomotion Reflected: Energetics, Muscles, and Generalized Bipeds.- Evolution of the Social Structure of Hominoids.- Are Human Beings Apes, or are Apes People too?.- Current Thoughts on Terrestrialization in African Apes and the Origin of Human Bipedalism.
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