Primate and Human Evolution/ Cachel, Susan
Material type: TextPublication details: UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: 469 pISBN: 0521829429DDC classification: 599.938Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 599.938 CAC/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 16/02/2021 | P32841 |
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.
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