A Companion to Paleoanthropology

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A Companion to Paleoanthropology

Editor(s): David R. Begun

Published Online: 14 JAN 2013 02:41AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444331165

Online ISBN: 9781118332344

DOI: 10.1002/9781118332344

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxviii)

    1. Chapter 1

      The Past, Present and Future of Paleoanthropology (pages 1–16)

      David R. Begun

    1. Chapter 2

      History (pages 17–33)

      Matthew R. Goodrum

  4. Part 1: Background to Paleoanthropology - Section 1 Method and Theory

    1. Chapter 3

      Human Systematics (pages 35–54)

      David S. Strait

    1. Chapter 4

      Experimental Approaches to Musculoskeletal Function in Primates (pages 55–74)

      Matthew J. Ravosa, Kimberly A. Congdon and Rachel A. Menegaz

    1. Chapter 5

      Multivariate Quantitative Methods in Paleoanthropology (pages 75–96)

      Michael A. Schillaci and Philipp Gunz

    1. Chapter 6

      Growth, Development, and Life History in Hominin Evolution (pages 97–117)

      Jay Kelley and Debra Bolter

  8. Part 2: Anatomical Regions

    1. Chapter 7

      Cranial Evolution in the Apes (pages 118–135)

      Brian T. Shea

    1. Chapter 8

      Hominid Brain Evolution (pages 136–164)

      P. Thomas Schoenemann

    1. Chapter 9

      Hominin Diets (pages 165–182)

      Peter S. Ungar and Matt Sponheimer

    1. Chapter 10

      Origin and Evolution of Human Postcranial Anatomy (pages 183–202)

      Brian G. Richmond and Kevin G. Hatala

  12. Part 3: Environment and Behavior

    1. Chapter 11

      Multiproxy Paleoecology (pages 203–225)

      Kaye E. Reed

    1. Chapter 12

      Reconstructing Social Behavior from Fossil Evidence (pages 226–243)

      J. Michael Plavcan

    1. Chapter 13

      Geochronology (pages 244–264)

      Alan L. Deino

    1. Chapter 14

      The Origins and Evolution of Technology (pages 265–289)

      Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth

  16. Part 4: Genetics and Race

    1. Chapter 15

      Genetic Perspectives on Ape and Human Evolution (pages 290–305)

      Todd R. Disotell

    1. Chapter 16

      The Genetics of Morphology (pages 306–320)

      Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren

    1. Chapter 17

      Paleoanthropology and Race (pages 321–337)

      Milford H. Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari

  19. Part 2: The Fossil Record - Section 5 Paleogene Primates

    1. Chapter 18

      Primate Origins (pages 339–357)

      Mary T. Silcox

    1. Chapter 19

      Anthropoid Origins (pages 358–375)

      K. Christopher Beard

    1. Chapter 20

      Catarrhine Origins (pages 376–396)

      Terry Harrison

  22. Part 6: Neogene/Quaternary Hominoids

    1. Chapter 21

      The Miocene Hominoid Radiations (pages 397–416)

      David R. Begun

    1. Chapter 22

      Before Australopithecus (pages 417–433)

      Scott W. Simpson

    1. Chapter 23

      Australopithecus and Kenyanthropus (pages 434–456)

      Ashley S. Hammond and Carol V. Ward

    1. Chapter 24

      Paranthropus (pages 457–478)

      Bernard Wood and Kes Schroer

  26. Part 7: The Age of Homo

    1. Chapter 25

      Earliest Homo (pages 479–496)

      Friedemann Schrenk

    1. Chapter 26

      Homo Erectus and Related Taxa (pages 497–516)

      Susan C. Antón

    1. Chapter 27

      The Middle Pleistocene Record (pages 517–537)

      Jean-Jacques Hublin

    1. Chapter 28

      Neanderthals (pages 538–556)

      Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou

    1. Chapter 29

      Modern Human Origins (pages 557–581)

      Mark Collard and Mana Dembo

    1. Chapter 30

      Homo Floresiensis (pages 582–598)

      William L. Jungers

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      Index (pages 599–620)

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