Hominid Adaptations And Extinctions
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Hominid Adaptations And Extinctions
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Author : David W. Cameron
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2004
Hominid Adaptations And Extinctions written by David W. Cameron and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Looking at a period of history 22 to 2.5 million years ago, this title examines the record of the Neogene fossil apes: their adaptive trends, their morphologies and their relationships to the environment, their evolution and their extinctions, to provideinsights into the evolution of our most distant and our most immediate fossil ancestors.
Hominid Evolution And Community Ecology
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Author : Robert Foley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Hominid Evolution And Community Ecology written by Robert Foley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Nature categories.
Evolution Of Island Mammals
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Author : Alexandra van der Geer
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-02-14
Evolution Of Island Mammals written by Alexandra van der Geer 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 2011-02-14 with Science categories.
Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors. This timely and innovative book is the first to offer a much-needed synthesis of recent advances in the exciting field of the evolution and extinction of fossil insular placental mammals. It provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species. The authors discuss the human factor in past extinction events and loss of insular biodiversity. This accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.
The Sixth Extinction
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Author : Richard E. Leakey
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 1996
The Sixth Extinction written by Richard E. Leakey and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Science categories.
Richard Leakey, One Of The World's Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He Sees. To the philosophical the earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck in the rich stream of life. It is known that nothing upon Earth is forever; geography, climate, and plant and animal life are all subject to radical change. On five occasions in the past, catastrophic natural events have caused mass extinctions on Earth. But today humans stand alone, in dubious distinction, among Earth's species: Homo Sapiens possesses the ability to destroy entire species at will, to trigger the sixth extinction in the history of life. In The Sixth Extinction, Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin consider how the grand sprawl of human life is inexorably wreaking havoc around the world. The authors of Origins and Origins Reconsidered, unimpeachable authorities on the human fossil record, turn their attention to the most uncharted anthropological territory of all: the future, and man's role in defining it. According to Leakey and Lewin, man and his surrounding species are end products of history and chance. Now, however, humans have the unique opportunity to recognize their influence on the global ecosystem, and consciously steer the outcome in order to avoid triggering an unimaginable upheaval.
Understanding Climate S Influence On Human Evolution
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2010-04-17
Understanding Climate S Influence On Human Evolution written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-17 with Science categories.
The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture. The Earth's geological record suggests that some evolutionary events were coincident with substantial changes in African and Eurasian climate, raising the possibility that critical junctures in human evolution and behavioral development may have been affected by the environmental characteristics of the areas where hominins evolved. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution explores the opportunities of using scientific research to improve our understanding of how climate may have helped shape our species. Improved climate records for specific regions will be required before it is possible to evaluate how critical resources for hominins, especially water and vegetation, would have been distributed on the landscape during key intervals of hominin history. Existing records contain substantial temporal gaps. The book's initiatives are presented in two major research themes: first, determining the impacts of climate change and climate variability on human evolution and dispersal; and second, integrating climate modeling, environmental records, and biotic responses. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution suggests a new scientific program for international climate and human evolution studies that involve an exploration initiative to locate new fossil sites and to broaden the geographic and temporal sampling of the fossil and archeological record; a comprehensive and integrative scientific drilling program in lakes, lake bed outcrops, and ocean basins surrounding the regions where hominins evolved and a major investment in climate modeling experiments for key time intervals and regions that are critical to understanding human evolution.
The Extinction Of Sivapithecus
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Author : Sherry Nelson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
The Extinction Of Sivapithecus written by Sherry Nelson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Social Science categories.
Sherry V. Nelson examines the adaptations and extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene hominoid, in the Siwaliks of Pakistan. Three different studies involving dental microwear and stable isotopic analyses are interwoven to provide reconstructions of the preferred landscape, climate, and diet of Sivapithecus as well as changes in the environment that led to its extinction. This book presents new techniques that allow for a more detailed analysis of faunal and environmental change than ever before documented for an ape clade throughout its radiation and demise.
Self Made Man
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Author : Jonathan Kingdon
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 1996-11-04
Self Made Man written by Jonathan Kingdon and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-11-04 with Science categories.
"One of the most original and illuminating of books on human evolution." — Alison Jolly Princeton University Human Evolution from Eden to Extinction? "A major achievement . . . rich and bursting at the seams." — Elspeth Huxley "A deeply personal, challenging, and important book." — Roger Lewin The New Scientist "With the eyes of an artist and the mind of a scientist, Kingdon gazes into the past." — Times Literary Supplement "A provocative and lively saga of human origins." — Publishers Weekly "Thought-provoking, information-packed fare for general readers as well as paleoanthropology buffs. — Kirkus Reviews
Hominid Evolution And Community Ecology
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Author : Robert Foley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Hominid Evolution And Community Ecology written by Robert Foley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Nature categories.
The Evolutionary Biology Of Extinct And Extant Organisms
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Author : Subir Ranjan Kundu
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2021-03-23
The Evolutionary Biology Of Extinct And Extant Organisms written by Subir Ranjan Kundu and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with Science categories.
The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms offers a thorough and detailed narration of the journey of biological evolution and its major transitional links to the biological world, which began with paleontological exploration of extinct organisms and now carries on with reviews of phylogenomic footprint reviews of extant, living fossils. This book moves through the defining evolutionary stepping stones starting with the evolutionary changes in prokaryotic, aquatic organisms over 4 billion years ago to the emergence of the modern human species in Earth’s Anthropocene. The book begins with an overview of the processes of evolutionary fitness, the epicenter of the principles of evolutionary biology. Whether through natural or experimental occurrence, evolutionary fitness has been found to be the cardinal instance of evolutionary links in an organism between its ancestral and contemporary states. The book then goes on to detail evolutionary trails and lineages of groups of organisms including mammalians, reptilians, and various fish. The final section of the book provides a look back at the evolutionary journey of "nonliving" or extinct organisms, versus the modern-day transition to "living" or extant organisms. The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms is the ideal resource for any researcher or advanced student in evolutionary studies, ranging from evolutionary biology to general life sciences. Provides an updated compendium of evolution research history Details the evolution trails of organisms, including mammals, reptiles, arthropods, annelids, mollusks, protozoa, and more Offers an accessible and easy-to-read presentation of complex, in-depth evolutionary biology facts and theories
Fossils
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Author : Niles Eldredge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Fossils written by Niles Eldredge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Evolution categories.
Chronicles the history of life on Earth as told through the fossil record, discussing adaptation, the origin of species, human evolution, fossil relationships to modern animals, extinction, and macroevolution, and presents approximately one hundred color fossil photos.