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Hominids
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Author : Robert J. Sawyer
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-02-17
Hominids written by Robert J. Sawyer and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-17 with Fiction categories.
In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.
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.
Mammoths Sabertooths And Hominids
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Author : Jordi Agustí
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2005-10-26
Mammoths Sabertooths And Hominids written by Jordi Agustí and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-26 with Science categories.
Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rain forests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene Steppes, home to the woolly mammoth. It is also a journey through space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution, a review of the changes and adaptations that have allowed mammals to flourish and become the dominant land vertebrates on Earth. With the benefit of recent advances in geological and geophysical techniques, Jordi Agustí and Mauricio Antón are able to trace the processes of mammalian evolution as never before; events that hitherto appeared synchronous or at least closely related can now be distinguished on a scale of hundreds or even dozens of thousands of years, revealing the dramatic importance of climactic changes both major and minor. Evolutionary developments are rendered in magnificent illustrations of the many extraordinary species that once inhabited Europe, detailing their osteology, functional anatomy, and inferred patterns of locomotion and behavior. Based on the latest research and field work, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids transforms our understanding of how mammals evolved and changed the face of the planet.
Hominid Evolution
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Author : Herbert Ullrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Hominid Evolution written by Herbert Ullrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Adaptability (Psychology) categories.
We Hominids
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Author : Frank Westerman
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2021-08-03
We Hominids written by Frank Westerman and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Social Science categories.
A roving philosophical journey into what makes us human In this charming, thought-provoking book, one of Holland’s greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions: Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being: the missing link between humans and apes. Westerman introduces us to the world of skull hunters – leading experts in our fossil ancestry – whose lives are just as fascinating as those of their primeval discoveries. He astutely reconsiders the work of illustrious paleoanthropologists in the light of new DNA technology, postcolonialism, and the rise of women in this male-dominated field. Westerman discovers a plethora of origin hypotheses and shows how any theory of who we are and where we come from is coloured by the zeitgeist. We, Hominids is a compelling mixture of reportage, travelogue and essay – reminiscent of Bruce Chatwin or Ryszard Kapuściński – written by a brilliant storyteller and thinker. Frank Westerman is a highly acclaimed Dutch non-fiction writer. His work has been translated into sixteen languages and has received numerous accolades, including the Kapuściński Prize (Poland), the Premio Terzani (Italy) and the Prix du Livre du Réel (France). Sam Garrett is an award-winning translator of over fifty novels and works of non-fiction. He is the only translator to have twice won the British Society of Authors’ Vondel Prize for Dutch–English translation. ‘Gripping and brilliantly told, We, Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist’s eye for a remarkable story.’ – Mark McKenna, professor of history at the University of Sydney, and author of Return to Uluru ‘Part travelogue, part science, Frank Westerman unearths a brilliantly original story that has been millions of years in the making: what does it mean to be human? Quite wonderful.’ – Chris Turney, professor of earth science and climate change at the University of New South Wales, and author of Shackled and Bones, Rocks and Stars ‘A masterclass in storytelling, exploring who we are and where we came from.’ – Danielle Clode, award-winning author of The Wasp and the Orchid and In Search of the Woman who Sailed the World ‘This is Sapiens behind the scenes: exciting, shocking and real.’ — Dr José Joordens, Naturalis Dubois Chair in Hominin Paleoecology and Evolution, Maastricht University
Hominid Origins
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Author : Kathleen J. Reichs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Hominid Origins written by Kathleen J. Reichs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Nature categories.
From Tools To Symbols
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Author : Francesco d’Errico
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2005-06-01
From Tools To Symbols written by Francesco d’Errico and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-01 with Social Science categories.
A number of researchers have tried to characterise the anatomy and behavioural systems of early hominid and early modern human populations in an attempt to understand how we became what we are. Can archaeology, palaeo-anthropology and genetics tell us how and when human cultures developed the traits that make our societies different from those of our closest living relatives? In which cases are these differences substantial, and when do they simply reflect our definitions of culture, species, the image we have of their evolution or of ourselves? From Tools to Symbols, a collection of twenty-seven selected papers from a South African-French conference organised in honour of the well-known palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias, provides a multidisciplinary overview of this field of study. It is based on collaborative research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa by South African, French, American and German scholars in the last twenty years, and represents an excellent synthesis of the palaeontological and archaeological evidence of the last five million years of human evolution.
Early Hominids Of Africa
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Author : Clifford J. Jolly
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 1978
Early Hominids Of Africa written by Clifford J. Jolly and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Africa categories.
The Nomenclature Of The Hominidae
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Author : Bernard Grant Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Nomenclature Of The Hominidae written by Bernard Grant Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Anthropology categories.
Early Hominid Activities At Olduvai
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Author : Richard Potts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-28
Early Hominid Activities At Olduvai written by Richard Potts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-28 with History categories.
The earliest sites at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania are among the best documented and most important for studies of human evolution. This book investigates the behavior of hominids at Olduvai using data of stone tools and animal bones, as well as the results of work in taphonomy (how animals become fossils), the behavior of mammals, and a wide range of ecological theory and data. By illustrating the ways in which modern and prehistoric evidence is used in making interpretations, the author guides the reader through the geological, ecological, and archeological areas involved in the study of humans.Based on his study of the Olduvai excavations, animal life, and stone tools, the author carefully examines conventional views and proposals about the early Olduvai sites. First, the evidence of site geology, tool cut marks, and other clues to the formation of the Olduvai sites are explored. On this basis, the large mammal communities in which early hominids lived are investigated, using methods which compare sites produced mainly by hominids with others made by carnivores. Questions about hominid hunting, scavenging, and the importance of eating meat are then scrutinized. The leading alternative positions on each issue are discussed, providing a basis for understanding some of the most contentious debates in paleo-anthropology today.The dominant interpretive model for the artifact and bone accumulations at Olduvai and other Plio-Pleistocene sites has been that they represent home bases, social foci similar to the campsites of hunter-gatherers. Based on paleo-ecological evidence and ecological models, the author critically analyzes the home base interpretation and proposes alternative views. A new view of the Olduvai sites - that they represent stone caches where hominids processed carcasses for food - is shown to have important implications for our understanding of hominid social behavior and evolution.