Major topics in primate and human evolution /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. |
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| Description: | 364p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/760738 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Primates: a definition
- 2. Plesiadapis and the delineation of the order Primates
- 3. The relationships of the Tarssiiformes: a review of the case for the Haplorhini
- 4. Platyrrhines, catarrhines and the anthropoid transition
- 5. Problems of dental evolution in the higher primates
- 6. Molecular evidence for catarrhine evolution
- 7. The fossil record of early catarrhine evolution
- 8. Molecular sequences and hominoid phylogeny
- 9. Hominoid evolution: molecular and palaeontological patterns
- 10. Relationships among extant and extinct great apes and humans
- 11. Bipedalism: pressures, origins and modes
- 12. Dental trends in the australopithecones: the allometry of mandibular molar dimensions
- 13. Australopithecus: grade or clade?
- 14. Homo and Paranthropus: similarities in the cranial base and developing dentition
- 15. The credibility of Homo habilis
- 16. The origin and fate of Homo erectus
- 17. The origin of Homo sapiens: the genetic evidence
- 18. The origin of Homo sapiens: the fossil evidence
- Author index
- Subject index
