Human Evolution - Bernard Wood

Human Evolution

A Very Short Introduction

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Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2019 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-883174-7 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. New fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past; the new science of ancient DNA is completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. Bernard Wood traces the field of palaeoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the present.
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, whilst revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations.

In this Very Short Introduction Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the very latest fossil finds. In this new edition he discusses how Ancient DNA studies have revolutionized how we view the recent (post-550 ka) human evolution, and the process of speciation. The combination of ancient and modern human DNA has contributed to discoveries of new taxa, as well as the suggestion of 'ghost' taxa whose fossil records still remain to be discovered. Considering the contributions of related sciences such as paleoclimatology, geochronology, systematics, genetics, and developmental biology, Wood explores our latest understandings of our own evolution.


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Bernard Wood is University Professor of Human Origins at George Washington University. He has been involved in human evolution-related research for more than thirty years, and is the author or co-author of 19 books, ranging from a 1991 major monograph on the hominid cranial remains from Koobi Fora, Kenya, to Human Evolution (Brief Insights) (Sterling Books, 2011), and more than 220 refereed scientific articles and book chapters. His research interests include taxonomy, phylogeny reconstruction, and comparative morphology.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Very Short Introductions
Zusatzinfo 16 black and white images
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 109 x 173 mm
Gewicht 126 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
ISBN-10 0-19-883174-9 / 0198831749
ISBN-13 978-0-19-883174-7 / 9780198831747
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