Primate Evolution And Human Origins

Author : Russell L. Ciochon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351496681

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Primate Evolution and Human Origins by Russell L. Ciochon Pdf

Primate Evolution and Human Origins compiles, for the first time, the major ideas and publications that have shaped our current view of the evolutionary biology of the primates and the origin of the human line. Designed for freshmen-to-graduate students in anthropology, paleontology, and biology, the book is a unique collection of classic papers, culled from the past 20 years of research. It is also an important reference for academicians and researchers, as it covers the entire scope of primate and human evolution (with an emphasis on the fossil record). A comprehensive bibliography cites over 2000 significant articles not found in the main text.

Author : Russell L. Ciochon,John G. Fleagle
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Human evolution
ISBN : 080532240X

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Primate Evolution and Human Origins by Russell L. Ciochon,John G. Fleagle Pdf

Author : John G Fleagle,Christopher C. Gilbert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387738963

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Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins by John G Fleagle,Christopher C. Gilbert Pdf

For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The book contains the results of new research as well as reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century.

Author : Carel P. Van Schaik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470147634

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The Primate Origins of Human Nature by Carel P. Van Schaik Pdf

The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolutionary psychology of humans. However, unlike similar books, it strives to define the human species relative to our living and extinct relatives, and thus highlights uniquely derived human features. The book features a truly multi-disciplinary, multi-theory, and comparative species approach to subjects not usually presented in textbooks focused on humans, such as the evolution of culture, life history, parenting, and social organization.

Author : Colin P. Groves
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : UCSC:32106008999713

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A Theory of Human and Primate Evolution by Colin P. Groves Pdf

This book examines the evidence of primate and human evolution in the light of new evolutionary models and advances in taxonomic theory. Dr. Groves discusses the 'Nomogenesis' of Lev Berg and criticizes the cladistic school of taxonomy, adapting it in the light of theories of speciation. The result is a theory in which internal processes play a major role in human evolution and taxonomy becomes of major importance in evolutionary interpretation. The book will interest students and teachers of human biology and evolution, physical anthropologists, zoologists, paleontologists, and primatologists.

Author : Glenn E. King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317526667

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Primate Behavior and Human Origins by Glenn E. King Pdf

This comprehensive introduction demonstrates the theoretical perspectives and concepts that are applied to primate behavior, and explores the relevance of non-human primates to understanding human behavior. Using a streamlined and student-friendly taxonomic framework, King provides a thorough overview of the primate order. The chapters cover common features and diversity, and touch on ecology, sociality, life history, and cognition. Text boxes are included throughout the discussion featuring additional topics and more sophisticated taxonomy. The book contains a wealth of illustrations, and further resources to support teaching and learning are available via a companion website. Written in an engaging and approachable style, this is an invaluable resource for students of primate behavior as well as human evolution.

Author : Frans B. M. de Waal
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674262959

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Tree of Origin by Frans B. M. de Waal Pdf

How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behavior of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. It has been nearly fifteen years since a single volume addressed the issue of human evolution from a primate perspective, and in that time we have witnessed explosive growth in research on the subject. Tree of Origin gives us the latest news about bonobos, the "make love not war" apes who behave so dramatically unlike chimpanzees. We learn about the tool traditions and social customs that set each ape community apart. We see how DNA analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of paternity, intergroup migration, and reproductive success. And we confront intriguing discoveries about primate hunting behavior, politics, cognition, diet, and the evolution of language and intelligence that challenge claims of human uniqueness in new and subtle ways. Tree of Origin provides the clearest glimpse yet of the apelike ancestor who left the forest and began the long journey toward modern humanity.

Author : Barbara Welker
Publisher : Open SUNY Textbooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942341415

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The History of Our Tribe by Barbara Welker Pdf

Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The Evolution of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.

Author : Russell H. Tuttle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674727854

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Apes and Human Evolution by Russell H. Tuttle Pdf

In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the theory that men are essentially killer apes--sophisticated but instinctively aggressive, destructive beings. Situating humans in a broad context, Tuttle musters evidence from morphology and recent fossil discoveries to reveal what early primates ate, where they slept, how they learned to walk upright, how brain and hand anatomy evolved simultaneously, and what else happened evolutionarily to cause humans to diverge from their closest relatives. Despite our genomic similarities with bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas, humans are unique among primates in occupying a symbolic niche of values and beliefs based on symbolically mediated cognitive processes. Although apes exhibit behaviors that strongly suggest they can think, salient elements of human culture--speech, mating proscriptions, kinship structures, and moral codes--are symbolic systems that are not manifest among apes. This encylopedic volume is both a milestone in primatological research and a critique of what is known and yet to be discovered about human and ape potential.

Author : Robert D. Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Phylogeny
ISBN : 069108565X

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Primate Origins and Evolution by Robert D. Martin Pdf

This unique book carries out a comprehensive reconstruction of the evolutionary history of living and fossil primates. The text takes a comparative approach and covers the broadest possible spectrum of evidence. Although emphasis is placed on reviews of the anatomical characteristics of such species seen in a functional context, attention is also given both to evidence from the chromosomal level and to comparative molecular evidence. The tree-shrews, once thought to provide an approximate model for the ancestral primates, are repeatedly shown to differ from them significantly in key features. The primary objective throughout the book is the identification of such key characteristics in the earliest primates and investigation of the fate of these features during the subsequent evolution of the group. The major events of human evolution are examined in a broad evolutionary context, thus avoiding the ad hoc arguments that commonly result from narrow comparisons. This book will be of special interest to advanced students of anthropology and zoology, in particular to primatologists and evolutionary biologists and those concerned with mammals generally. Since technical terminology has been explained throughout, the book will also be accessible to a wide audience of people interested in primate evolution.

Author : Dwight W Read
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315427232

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How Culture Makes Us Human by Dwight W Read Pdf

What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight Read explores the dilemma in this engaging, thought-provoking book, taking readers through an evolutionary odyssey from our primate beginnings through the development of culture and social organization. He assesses the two major trends in this field: one that sees us as a logical culmination of primate evolution, arguing that the rudiments of culture exist in primates and even magpies, and another that views the human transition as so radical that the primate model provides no foundation for understanding human dynamics. Expertly synthesizing a wide body of evidence from the anthropological and life sciences in accessible prose, Read’s book will interest a broad readership from experts to undergraduate students and the general public.

Author : Gerard Meurant
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483288505

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Primate Adaptation and Evolution by Gerard Meurant Pdf

Primate Adaptation and Evolutionis the only recent text published in this rapidly progressing field. It provides you with an extensive, current survey of the order Primates, both living and fossil. By combining information on primate anatomy, ecology, and behavior with the primate fossil record, this book enables students to study primates from all epochs as a single, viable group. It surveys major primate radiations throughout 65 million years, and provides equal treatment of both living and extinct species. ï Presents a summary of the primate fossils ï Reviews primate evolution ï Provides an introduction to the primate anatomy ï Discusses the features that distinguish the living groups of primates ï Summarizes recent work on primate ecology

Author : Elwyn L. Simons
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005094563

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Primate Evolution by Elwyn L. Simons Pdf

Author : Adam Kuper
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0674128265

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The Chosen Primate by Adam Kuper Pdf

The Chosen Primate ends by looking forward to the next millennium, noting that our future depends on our response to another fundamental question: Will our culture, which has given us the means to adapt successfully to nature, ultimately destroy nature? In raising this question, Kuper shows that debates in anthropology are more than just academic disputes - they engage the major issues of our time.

Author : IntroBooks
Publisher : IntroBooks
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Origins of Humans by IntroBooks Pdf

Human evolution can be considered to be a lengthy procedure of several transformations in which the people originated from the ape-like ancestors. There are several scientific evidence that reveals that the behavioral and the physical traits that are shared by all the organisms have originated from the ape-like ancestors. They have evolved across lengthy periods of approximately six million years ago. One of the earliest human traits that have defined the human evolution, bipedalism is the ability for walking on two legs have evolved over four million years ago. There are several other human characteristics including the complex and human brains, the ability to make several innovative tools, along with the complex symbolic representation and elaborative cultural diversity have emerged mainly during the past several millions of years.