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The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution

Title: The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution / edited by Steve Jones, Robert Martin, and David Pilbeam ; executive editor, Sarah Bunney ; foreword by Richard Dawkins.
Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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Description

xiii, 506 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm

Summary

Introduction to human evolution with coverage ranging from genetics to demography and disease. Includes diagrams, maps, and photographs.

Series Statement

Cambridge reference book

Uniform Title

Cambridge reference book.

Alternative Title

Encyclopedia of human evolution.
Human evolution.

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Encyclopedia
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-486) and index.

Contents

Patterns of primate evolution : The nature of evolution / Steve Jones : The structure of DNA / Steve Jones ; The genetic code / Steve Jones ; Translating the genetic message / Steve Jones ; Evolution, creation and controversy / Steve Jones -- Classification and evolutionary relationships / Robert Martin : Classification of primates / Robert Martin -- Non-human primates / Matt Cartmill -- Conservation of primates / Russel A. Mittermeier and Eleanor J. Sterling : Studying primates in the wild / A. F. Richard ; Breeding primates in captivity / Robert Martin -- The life of primates : Body size and energy requirements / L. C. Aiello : Scaling / Robert Martin ; Human body size and energy / L. C. Aiello -- Human adaptations to the physical environment / P. T. Baker : Sweating—the human response to heat / P. T. Baker -- Differences between the sexes / Georgina Mace -- Jaws and teeth / Christopher Dean -- Diets and guts / D. J. Chivers : Primate gum-eaters / Robert Martin -- Selecting and processing food / Kenneth E. Glander : Food in a primate’s life / A. F. Richard -- Human diet and subsistence / D. R. Harris -- Primate locomotion and posture / John G. Fleagle : Walking on two legs / Robert Martin -- Human locomotion / R. McNeill Alexander : Energy for walking and running / R. McNeill Alexander -- Primate reproduction / Robert Martin : Posture and childbirth / H. M. Day -- Hormones and sexual behaviour / A. F. Dixson -- Life-history patterns / Paul H. Harvey : Rates of breeding / Robert Martin -- Human growth and development / James M. Tanner : Evolution of the human growth curve / James M. Tanner ; Neoteny / Brian T. Shae -- The brain and language : Primate brains and senses / Terrence W. Deacon : Testing the intelligence of apes / P. C. Lee ; Sleep and dreaming / Stephen Young -- The human brain / Terrence W. Deacon : Impressions of ancestral brains / Terrence W. Deacon ; The brain and left-handedness / Marian Annett -- Vocal communication by non-human primates / Elke Zimmermann -- Biological aspects of language / Terrence W. Deacon : Brain maturation and language acquisition / Terrence W. Deacon -- Human speech and language / Philip Lieberman : Evolution of the speech apparatus / Philip Lieberman -- Language training of apes / E. S. Savage-Rumbaugh -- Primate social organisation : Social behaviour and evolutionary theory / Robin Dunbar : Genes and altruism / Robin Dunbar ; Primate aggression / A. K. Turner -- Mating and parental care / Robin Dunbar : Social changes / A. F. Richard ; Human mating patterns / Robin Dunbar -- Home range and territory / Paul H. Harvey and Andrew F. Read -- Smell as a signal / R. W. Sussman -- Facial patterns as signals and masks / Jonathan Kingdon : Human facial expression / Stephen Young -- Human evolution in a geological context : Land movements and species dispersal / Peter J. Whybrow -- Climatic change in the past / Neil Roberts -- Methods of dating / F. H. Brown : Correlating the east African hominid sites / F. H. Brown ; Fossils as dating indicators / David Pilbeam -- Fossil deposits and their investigation / Anna K. Behrensmeyer : Taphonomy—the science of burial / Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- Reconstructing past environments / Peter Andrews -- The primate fossil record : The fossil history of primates / Elwyn Simons : Evolution of prosimians / Philip D. Gingerich -- Evolution of new world monkeys / A. L. Rosenberger -- Evolution of old world monkeys / Eric Delson -- Evolution of apes / Jay Kelley -- Evolution of australopithecines / B. A. Wood -- Evolution of early humans / C. B. Stringer -- Primate genetics and evolution : Principles of genetics / D. Whitehouse : Mendel and the beginnings of genetics / Steve Jones ; The bald lemur—a primate model for a human genetic disease / D. Whitehouse -- Genetic diversity in humans / Steve Jones : Electrophoresis—separating giant molecules / Steve Jones ; Life’s fingerprints / Steve Jones ; The polymerase chain reaction: amplifying life / Steve Jones -- Mutation and human evolution / Steve Jones -- Human chromosomes / Joy D. A. Delhanty : Techniques for studying chromosomes / Joy D. A. Delhanty ; The Y Chromosome / Steve Jones ; Prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities / Joy D. A. Delhanty -- Bottlenecks in human evolution / Shahin Rouhani and Steve Jones : Tristan da Cunha—a genetic laboratory / Steve Jones -- Natural selection in humans / Steve Jones -- Distribution of genetic diseases in human populations / F. Vogel : The Hardy-Weinberg rule: how genes behave in populations / Steve Jones ; First-cousin marriages / F. Vogel -- Genetic clues of relatedness : Measuring relatedness / A. E. Friday : Calibrating the molecular clock / A. E. Friday -- Chromosomal evolution in primates / J. Marks -- Immunological evidence on primates / V. Sarich : Genetics and the immune system / Steve Jones -- Reconstructing human evolution from proteins / Morris Goodman -- DNA—DNA hybridisation in the study of primate evolution / C. G. Sibley : The DNA hybridisation technique / C. G. Sibley -- Human evolution: the evidence from DNA sequencing / A. E. Friday : Cutting, slicing and sequencing genes / Steve Jones ; Hunting for genes with a southern blot / Steve Jones ; Was Eve an African? / Steve Jones -- Early human behaviour and ecology : The hominid way of life / Richard Potts : Cannibalism or ritual dismemberment? / Paul G. Bahn -- Studying human evolution by analogy / Robert Foley -- Early human mental abilities / J. A. J. Gowlett : Toolmaking by apes / P. C. Lee -- Evolution of human manipulation / Erik Trinkaus -- Tools—the palaeolithic record / J. A. J. Gowlett : Throwing / Barbara Isaac -- Ancient art / Paul G. Bahn -- Subsistence—a key to the past / Lewis R. Binford -- Reconstructing prehistoric diet / N. J. van der Merwe : How bones reveal diet / N. J. van der Merwe -- Origins of agriculture / Frank Hole -- Domestication of animals / Juliet Clutton-Brock -- Human populations, past and present : The dispersion of modern humans / W. W. Howells : The peopling of the Pacific / Steve Jones ; Genes and language / Steve Jones ; Fossil DNA / Steve Jones -- Reconstructing ancient populations / J. Landers -- Human populations before agriculture / R. S. Meindl -- People and disease / A. Dobson : Epidemiological theory / A. Dobson ; Immunisation and the eradication of disease / A. Dobson -- Trends in population growth / J. Landers : Demographic analysis / J. Landers -- Fertility control: past, present and future / Alan S. McNeilly : Developments in fertility treatments / D. I. Lewis-Jones -- Tribal peoples in the modern world / V. Luling : Tribal peoples and their ways of life / V. Luling -- Conclusion: the evolutionary future of humankind / Steve Jones : Eugenics / Steve Jones.

ISBN

0521323703
9780521323703
0521467861
9780521467865
0816018316
9780816018314

LCCN

92018037

OCLC

ocm26096467
26096467
SCSB-1975753

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library