Human Evolution
2nd Edition
Published in May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7514-0356-5 (ISBN)
Description
A balanced and readable account of human evolution, covering an impressively wide range of material. The new edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of this rapidly changing field. The prose is crisp, the morphological features of interest are described succinctly, the analyses are capably summarised and the author's opinions are advanced unobtrusively. This book should be of interest to anthropologists and evolutionary biologists at advanced undergraduate and intermediate post-graduate levels.
A balanced and readable account of human evolution, covering an impressively wide range of material. The new edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of this rapidly changing field. The prose is crisp, the morphological features of interest are described succinctly, the analyses are capably summarised and the author's opinions are advanced unobtrusively. This book should be of interest to anthropologists and evolutionary biologists at advanced undergraduate and intermediate post-graduate levels.
A balanced and readable account of human evolution, covering an impressively wide range of material. The new edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of this rapidly changing field. The prose is crisp, the morphological features of interest are described succinctly, the analyses are capably summarised and the author's opinions are advanced unobtrusively. This book should be of interest to anthropologists and evolutionary biologists at advanced undergraduate and intermediate post-graduate levels.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
60 line illustrations, 15 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7514-0356-5 (9780751403565)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Evolutionary and phyletic perspectives. Hominid structure and function. Catarrhine radiation and hominid origins. Pliocene hominids. Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominids. Upper Pleistocene human evolution. Patterns, problems and prospects.