Written by an authoritative, internationally renowned author, Dictionary of Human Evolution provides a concise reference guide to commonly used terms in biological anthropology, including recent fossil finds, dating methods, and the origins of human walking and tool making. This useful supplement for students and researchers includes simple diagrams, maps of sites, simplified site sections, and useful lists of the best–known fossils from sites. All entries are created using the latest primary literature. INDICE: The scope covered by the entries will be the same as the scope of the Wiley–Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution: • Methods used to investigate the relationships among the living great apes • The fossil evidence for human evolution • The archeological record • What makes the behavior of modern humans distinctive and the evolutionary history of that distinctiveness • General evolutionary principles and up–to–date information about the molecular and developmental biological approaches used in evolutionary biology • Information about the methods used to interpret the hominin fossil and archeological records • Information about extinct creatures found with hominin fossil evidence • Information about past climates and habitats • Entries for the most important fossil and/or archeological sites • Entries for the more complete and most important hominin fossils, • Specialist terms used to describe the hominin fossil and archeological records • Hypotheses about human evolutionary history • Biographies of individuals who have made significant contributions to interpreting human evolutionary history, etc. • Where possible entries will include examples • Entries will explain complex issues in plain and simple language • Entries will correspond to commonly set exam questions
- ISBN: 978-1-118-32795-1
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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