Primate and Human Evolution/
Primate and Human Evolution/
Cachel, Susan
- UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- 469 p
Preface;
1. Introduction;
2. A brief history of primatology and human evolution;
3. The catarrhine fossil record;
4. Primate speciation and exstinction;
5. Anatomical primatology;
6. Captive studies of non-human primates;
7. What can non-human primate anatomy, physiology, and development reveal about human evolution?;
8. Natural history intelligence and human evolution;
9. Why be social? - the advantages and disadvantages of social life; 10. Evolution and behaviour;
11. The implications of body size for evolutionary ecology;
12. The nature of the fossil record;
13. The bipedal breakthrough;
14. The hominid radiation;
15. Modelling human evolution;
16. Archaeological evidence and models of human evolution;
17. What does evolutionary anthropology reveal about human evolution?;
18. Final thoughts on primate and human evolution.
0521829429
599.938 / CAC/P
Preface;
1. Introduction;
2. A brief history of primatology and human evolution;
3. The catarrhine fossil record;
4. Primate speciation and exstinction;
5. Anatomical primatology;
6. Captive studies of non-human primates;
7. What can non-human primate anatomy, physiology, and development reveal about human evolution?;
8. Natural history intelligence and human evolution;
9. Why be social? - the advantages and disadvantages of social life; 10. Evolution and behaviour;
11. The implications of body size for evolutionary ecology;
12. The nature of the fossil record;
13. The bipedal breakthrough;
14. The hominid radiation;
15. Modelling human evolution;
16. Archaeological evidence and models of human evolution;
17. What does evolutionary anthropology reveal about human evolution?;
18. Final thoughts on primate and human evolution.
0521829429
599.938 / CAC/P