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Human evolution : trails from the past / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Oxford biologyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: vii, 437 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0198567790 (hbk.)
  • 0198567804 (pbk.)
  • 9780198567790 (hbk.)
  • 9780198567806 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-417) and index.

Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human.

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