Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction

by Lewin, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780632043095
• ISBN10: 0632043091
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub

Summary

The brief length and focused coverage of Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction have made this best-selling textbook the ideal complement to any biology or anthropology course in which human evolution is taught. The text places human evolution in the context of humans as animals, while also showing the physical context of human evolution, including climate change and the impact of extinctions. Chapter introductions, numerous drawings and photographs, and an essential glossary all add to the accessibility of this text.The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of the latest discoveries and perspectives, including: New early hominid fossils from Africa and Georgia, and their implications New archaeological evidence from Africa on the origin of modern humans Updated coverage of prehistoric art, including new sites New perspectives on molecular evidence and their implications for human population history.

Author Biography

Roger Lewin is an Associate of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vi
PART ONE: Human Evolution in Perspective	1	(30)
Unit 1: Man's Place in Nature	2	(4)
Unit 2: Human Evolution as Narrative	6	(4)
Unit 3: Historical Views	10	(5)
Unit 4: Modern Evolutionary Theory	15	(6)
Unit 5: The Physical Context of Evolution	21	(5)
Unit 6: Extinction and Patterns of Evolution	26	(5)
PART TWO: Background to Human Evolution	31	(26)
Unit 7: Dating Methods	32	(5)
Unit 8: Systematics: Morphological and Molecular	37	(10)
Unit 9: Science of Burial	47	(3)
Unit 10: Primate Heritage	50	(7)
PART THREE: Humans as Animals	57	(22)
Unit 11: Bodies, Size, and Shape	58	(5)
Unit 12: Bodies, Brains, and Energy	63	(4)
Unit 13: Bodies, Behavior, and Social Structure	67	(6)
Unit 14: Nonhuman Models of Early Hominines	73	(6)
PART FOUR: Hominine Beginnings	79	(32)
Unit 15: Ape and Human Relations: Morphological and Molecular Views	80	(8)
Unit 16: Origin of the Hominoidea	88	(5)
Unit 17: Origin of Bipedalism	93	(6)
Unit 18: Jaws and Teeth	99	(5)
Unit 19: The Earliest Known Hominines	104	(7)
PART FIVE: The Hominine Adaptation	111	(1)
Unit 20: The Australopithecines	112	(7)
Unit 21: Early Homo	119	(6)
Unit 22: Hominine Relations	125	(5)
Unit 23: Early Tool Technologies	130	(7)
PART SIX: Out of Africa	137	(18)
Unit 24: The Changing Position of Homo erectus	138	(7)
Unit 25: New Technologies	145	(4)
Unit 26: Hunter or Scavenger?	149	(6)
PART SEVEN: Origin of Modern Humans	155	(34)
Unit 27: The Neanderthal Enigma	156	(8)
Unit 28: The Origin of Modern Humans: Anatomical Evidence	164	(12)
Unit 29: The Origin of Modern Humans: Genetic Evidence	176	(7)
Unit 30: The Origin of Modern Humans: Archeological Evidence	183	(6)
PART EIGHT: The Human Milieu	189	(18)
Unit 31: Evolution of the Brain, Intelligence, and Consciousness	190	(5)
Unit 32: The Evolution of Language	195	(6)
Unit 33: Art in Prehistory	201	(6)
PART NINE: New Worlds	207	(14)
Unit 34: New Worlds	208	(7)
Unit 35: The First Villagers	215	(6)
GLOSSARY	221	(4)
INDEX	225