Understanding Human Evolution

Jeffrey K. McKee, Ohio State UniversityFrank E. Poirier, Emeritus, Ohio State UniversityW. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University

1. Trends in Human Evolution. 2. Fossils, Fossilization, and Dating Methods. 3. Determining Evolutionary Relationships. 4. Our Place in the Animal Kingdom. 5. Reconstructing Ancient Human Behavior and Social Organizations: Use of the Comparative Approach. 6. Early Primate Evolution. 7. Basal Anthropoids, The Evolution of Monkeys, and the Transition to Apes. 8. The Early Hominins. 9. The Hominin Divergence. 10. The Spread of Homo Beyond Africa. 11. Transitions to Archaic Homo sapiens. 12. Neandertals and Their Immediate Predecessors. 13. The Appearance of Homo sapiens sapiens. 14. Conclusion? Glossary