Modern Human Origins And Dispersal

Author : Yonatan Sahle,Christian Bentz,Hugo Reyes-Centeno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 3935751303

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Modern Human Origins and Dispersal by Yonatan Sahle,Christian Bentz,Hugo Reyes-Centeno Pdf

Despite consensus on Africa's central place in the evolution of our species, the emergence of modern human populations and their dispersal out of the continent remain controversial topics. In this second installment of the DFG Center for Advanced Studies Series, scholars offer mult-disciplinary perspectives, reviews, and original research reports on te mode and timing of anatomical and cultural changes in te human past.

Author : John F. Hoffecker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231543743

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Modern Humans by John F. Hoffecker Pdf

Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of anatomically modern people (Homo sapiens) in Africa less than half a million years ago and their later spread throughout the world. Leaving no stone unturned, John F. Hoffecker demonstrates that Homo sapiens represents a “major transition” in the evolution of living systems in terms of fundamental changes in the role of non-genetic information. Modern Humans synthesizes recent findings from genetics (including the rapidly growing body of ancient DNA), the human fossil record, and archaeology relating to the African origin and global dispersal of anatomically modern people. Hoffecker places humans in the broad context of the evolution of life, emphasizing the critical role of genetic and non-genetic forms of information in living systems as well as how changes in the storage, transmission, and translation of information underlie major transitions in evolution. He also draws on information and complexity theory to explain the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa several hundred thousand years ago and the rapid and unprecedented spread of our species into a variety of environments in Australia and Eurasia, including the Arctic and Beringia, beginning between 75,000 and 60,000 years ago. This magisterial work will appeal to all with an interest in the ever-fascinating field of human evolution.

Author : Paul Mellars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCSC:32106017037877

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Rethinking the Human Revolution by Paul Mellars Pdf

Arising from a conference Rethinking the Human Revolution reconsiders all of the central issues in modern human behavioural, cognitive, biological and demographic origins in the light of new information and new theoretical perspectives which have emerged over the past twenty years of intensive research in this field. The 34 papers cover topics ranging from the DNA and skeletal evidence for modern human origins in Africa, through the archaeological evidence for the emergence of distinctively 'modern' patterns of human behaviour and cognition, to the various lines of evidence for the geographical dispersal patterns of biologically and behaviourally modern populations from their African origins throughout Asia, Australasia and Europe, over the past 60,000 years.

Author : Takeru Akazawa,Kenichi Aoki,Tasuku Kimura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fossil hominids
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004433533

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The Evolution and Dispersal of Modern Humans in Asia by Takeru Akazawa,Kenichi Aoki,Tasuku Kimura Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309148382

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Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution Pdf

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.

Author : Geoffrey A. Clark,Catherine M. Willermet
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202365026

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Conceptual Issues in Modern Human Origins Research by Geoffrey A. Clark,Catherine M. Willermet Pdf

While those who study human origins now agree that the evolution of modern human form extends back much further in time than the evolution of modern human behavior, they disagree sharply as to how to interpret the substantive data. Two fundamentally incommensurate interpretations of our origins, the "Replacement" camp and the "Continuity" camp, have now emerged out of pre-existing models and theories that go back to the last quarter of the 19th century. This book contends that these positions are based on radically different biases and assumptions about what the remote human past was like. The purpose of this volume is to examine those conceptual differences, not to arrive at a consensus, but rather to explore the reasons why a consensus might never be possible.

Author : Nicole Boivin,Rémy Crassard,Michael Petraglia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107164147

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Human Dispersal and Species Movement by Nicole Boivin,Rémy Crassard,Michael Petraglia Pdf

A unique, interdisciplinary and up-to-date treatment exploring human migration and its role in creating novel ecosystems over the long term.

Author : Pamela R. Willoughby
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 0759101191

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The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa by Pamela R. Willoughby Pdf

A fascinating, detailed study of the origins of modern humans. Includes material from Willoughby's own research in Tanzania.

Author : Sally C. Reynolds,Andrew Gallagher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107019959

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African Genesis by Sally C. Reynolds,Andrew Gallagher Pdf

This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.

Author : Yousuke Kaifu,Masami Izuho,Ted Goebel,Hiroyuki Sato,Akira Ono
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623492762

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Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia by Yousuke Kaifu,Masami Izuho,Ted Goebel,Hiroyuki Sato,Akira Ono Pdf

Despite the obvious geographic importance of eastern Asia in human migration, its discussion in the context of the emergence and dispersal of modern humans has been rare. Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia focuses long-overdue scholarly attention on this under-studied area of the world. Arising from a 2011 symposium sponsored by the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, this book gathers the work of archaeologists from the Pacific Rim of Asia, Australia, and North America, to address the relative lack of attention given to the emergence of modern human behavior as manifested in Asia during the worldwide dispersal from Africa.

Author : Claudio Tuniz,Giorgio Manzi,David Caramelli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315417233

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The Science of Human Origins by Claudio Tuniz,Giorgio Manzi,David Caramelli Pdf

Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that enabled recent breakthroughs in research. They also explain the early development of the modern human cortex, the evolution of symbolic language and complex tools, and our strange cousins from Flores and Denisova.

Author : Fred H. Smith,James C. Ahern
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118659908

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The Origins of Modern Humans by Fred H. Smith,James C. Ahern Pdf

This update to the award-winning The Origins of Modern Humans: A World Survey of the Fossil Evidence covers the most accepted common theories concerning the emergence of modern Homo sapiens adding fresh insight from top young scholars on the key new discoveries of the past 25 years. The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered allows field leaders to discuss and assess the assemblage of hominid fossil material in each region of the world during the Pleistocene epoch. It features new fossil and molecular evidence, such as the evolutionary inferences drawn from assessments of modern humans and large segments of the Neandertal genome. It also addresses the impact of digital imagery and the more sophisticated morphometrics that have entered the analytical fray since 1984. Beginning with a thoughtful introduction by the authors on modern human origins, the book offers such insightful chapter contributions as: Africa: The Cradle of Modern People Crossroads of the Old World: Late Hominin Evolution in Western Asia A River Runs through It: Modern Human Origins in East Asia Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians Modern Human Origins in Central Europe The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia Neandertal Craniofacial Growth and Development and Its Relevance for Modern Human Origins Energetics and the Origin of Modern Humans Understanding Human Cranial Variation in Light of Modern Human Origins The Relevance of Archaic Genomes to Modern Human Origins The Process of Modern Human Origins: The Evolutionary and Demographic Changes Giving Rise to Modern Humans The Paleobiology of Modern Human Emergence Elegant and thought provoking, The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered is an ideal read for students, grad students, and professionals in human evolution and paleoanthropology.

Author : Robert Foley
Publisher : Longman Scientific and Technical
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015027245656

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Another Unique Species by Robert Foley Pdf

Author : Keiichi Omoto,Phillip Vallentine Tobias
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814545853

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Origins And Past Of Modern Humans, The: Towards Reconciliation by Keiichi Omoto,Phillip Vallentine Tobias Pdf

In this volume, because the differences in methodological approaches are so great, the focus is switched to the major issues in the hope of achieving a 'reconciliation', if not a perfect agreement, among the scholars of different disciplines. The keyword for the meeting was 'balance' — a balanced view over the results from different disciplines.

Author : Rene J. Herrera,Ralph Garcia-Bertrand
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128041284

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Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations by Rene J. Herrera,Ralph Garcia-Bertrand Pdf

Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrations describes the genesis of humans in Africa and the subsequent story of how our species migrated to every corner of the globe. Different phases of this journey are presented in an integrative format with information from a number of disciplines, including population genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history. This unique approach weaves a story that has synergistic impact in the clarity and level of understanding that will appeal to those researching, studying, and interested in population genetics, evolutionary biology, human migrations, and the beginnings of our species. Integrates research and information from the fields of genetics, evolution, anthropology, archaeology, climatology, linguistics, art, music, folklore and history, among others Presents the content in an entertaining and synergistic style to facilitate a deep understanding of human population genetics Informs on the origins and recent evolution of our species in an approachable manner