Function Phylogeny And Fossils

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Function Phylogeny And Fossils
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Author : David R. Begun
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-21
Function Phylogeny And Fossils written by David R. Begun and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Social Science categories.
An insightful new work, Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils integrates two practices in paleobiology which are often separated - functional and phylogenetic analysis. The book summarizes the evidence on paleoenvironments at the most important Miocene hominoid sites and relates it to the pertinent fossil record. The contributors present the most up-to-date statements on the functional anatomy and likely behavior of the best known hominoids of this crucial period of ape and human evolution. A key feature is a comprehensive table listing 240 characteristics among 13 genera of living and extinct hominoids.
Hominoid Evolution And Climatic Change In Europe Volume 2
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Author : Louis de Bonis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-05-03
Hominoid Evolution And Climatic Change In Europe Volume 2 written by Louis de Bonis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-03 with Science categories.
What is the place of Europe in the origin of humankind? While our earliest human ancestors may have come out of Africa, many of our more recent ancestors and those of other primates left their fossil remains in Europe and the Near East. Hominoid primates including Dryopithecus in Spain and Hungary, Oreopithecus in Italy, and Ouranopithecus in Greece flourished in the Miocene, approximately 10-7 million years ago. This volume examines these and other hominoid fossils found in Eurasia and discusses what we can learn using biostratigraphic and ecological frameworks. In addition, new methods of analyzing and visualizing fossil hominoids are explored, including CT-based and computer-assisted virtual reconstruction of fossils to allow three-dimensional images of external and internal morphology of even fragmentary or distorted fossils. This volume will be invaluable for practicing palaeoanthropologists and palaeontologists regardless of specialty.
Reconstructing Behavior In The Primate Fossil Record
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Author : J. Michael Plavcan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Reconstructing Behavior In The Primate Fossil Record written by J. Michael Plavcan and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
This volume brings together a series of papers that address the topic of reconstructing behavior in the primate fossil record. The literature devoted to reconstructing behavior in extinct species is ovelWhelming and very diverse. Sometimes, it seems as though behavioral reconstruction is done as an afterthought in the discussion section of papers, relegated to the status of informed speculation. But recent years have seen an explosion in studies of adaptation, functional anatomy, comparative sociobiology, and development. Powerful new comparative methods are now available on the internet. At the same time, we face a rapidly growing fossil record that offers more and more information on the morphology and paleoenvironments of extinct species. Consequently, inferences of behavior in extinct species have become better grounded in comparative studies of living species and are becoming increas ingly rigorous. We offer here a series of papers that review broad issues related to reconstructing various aspects of behavior from very different types of evi dence. We hope that in so doing, the reader will gain a perspective on the various types of evidence that can be brought to bear on reconstructing behavior, the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, and, perhaps, new approaches to the topic. We define behavior as broadly as we can including life-history traits, locomotion, diet, and social behavior, giving the authors considerable freedom in choosing what, exactly, they wish to explore.
The Evolution Of Thought
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Author : Anne E. Russon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-23
The Evolution Of Thought written by Anne E. Russon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-23 with Science categories.
Research on the evolution of higher intelligence rarely combines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychology. In this volume we seek to do just that, synthesizing the approaches of hominoid cognition, psychology, language studies, ecology, evolution, paleoecology and systematics toward an understanding of great ape intelligence. Leading scholars from all these fields have been asked to evaluate the manner in which each of their topics of research inform our understanding of the evolution of intelligence in great apes and humans. The ideas thus assembled represent a comprehensive survey of the various causes and consequences of cognitive evolution in great apes. The Evolution of Thought will therefore be an essential reference for graduate students and researchers in evolutionary psychology, paleoanthropology and primatology.
Functional Morphology In Vertebrate Paleontology
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Author : Jeff Thomason
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-10-28
Functional Morphology In Vertebrate Paleontology written by Jeff Thomason and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10-28 with Science categories.
Looks at how fossil vertebrates moved, fed and reproduced.
Cenozoic Mammals Of Africa
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Author : Lars Werdelin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2010-07-20
Cenozoic Mammals Of Africa written by Lars Werdelin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-20 with Science categories.
"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
A Companion To Paleoanthropology
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Author : David R. Begun
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-12-20
A Companion To Paleoanthropology written by David R. Begun and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-20 with Social Science categories.
A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe. Represents an accessible state-of-the-art summary of the entire field of paleoanthropology, with an overview of hominid taxonomy Features articles on the key discoveries in ape and human evolution, in cranial, postcranial and brain evolution, growth and development Surveys the breadth of the paleontological record from primate origins to modern humans Highlights the unique methods and techniques of paleoanthropology, including dating and ecological methods, and use of living primate date to reconstruct behavior in fossil apes and humans
Interpreting The Past
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Author : Daniel Lieberman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2005-11-01
Interpreting The Past written by Daniel Lieberman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-01 with Social Science categories.
This volume, published in honor of the occasion of David Pilbeam's 65th birthday, covers major topics in human, primate, and mammalian evolution, mostly from the Miocene to the present. The papers emphasize novel interpretations of several key areas of longstanding interest and importance, including Miocene biogeography and hominoid evolution, the origins of hominids, and new interpretations of the hominid fossil record. In terms of content, most of the papers tackle key issues in the evolution of hominoids and hominids in terms of systematic paleoenvironmental and behavioral questions. More broadly, however, the papers explore the epistemological problems of how one interprets the past from the available data.
Understanding Human Evolution
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Author : Jeffrey K. McKee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-16
Understanding Human Evolution written by Jeffrey K. McKee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-16 with Social Science categories.
For the one-term course in human evolution, paleoanthropology, or fossil hominins taught at the junior/senior level in departments of anthropology or biology. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview to the field of paleoanthropology–the study of human evolution by analyzing fossil remains. It includes the latest fossil finds, attempts to place humans into the context of geological and biological change on the planet, and presents current controversies in an even-handed manner.
The Future Of Life And The Future Of Our Civilization
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Author : Vladimir Burdyuzha
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-10-12
The Future Of Life And The Future Of Our Civilization written by Vladimir Burdyuzha and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-12 with Medical categories.
This book covers the proceedings of "The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization" symposium, held in Frankfurt, Germany in May 2005.