Human evolution : a very short introduction /
This introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the 18th century to the latest fossil finds. It concentrates on the fossil evidence for human evolution making reference to the relevant archaeological evidence when appropriate.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780191516733 0191516732 0192803603 9780192803603 9780191577819 0191577812 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; List of tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Finding our place; 3 Fossil hominins: their discovery and context; 4 Fossil hominins: analysis and interpretation; 5 Early hominins: possible and probable; 6 Archaic and transitional hominins; 7 Pre-modern Homo; 8 Modern Homo; Timeline of thought and science relevant to human origins and evolution; Further reading; Index.