This volume provides a valuable synthesis of the thinking about primate and human palaeontology in light of the interpretation of fossil evidence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
List of contributors Preface 1. Primates: a definition R. D. Martin 2. Plesiadapis and the delineation of the order Primates P. D. Gingerich 3. The relationships of the Tarssiiformes: a review of the case for the Haplorhini L. C. Aiello 4. Platyrrhines, catarrhines and the anthropoid transition A. L. Rosenberger 5. Problems of dental evolution in the higher primates P. M. Butler 6. Molecular evidence for catarrhine evolution P. Andrews 7. The fossil record of early catarrhine evolution J. G. Fleagle 8. Molecular sequences and hominoid phylogeny M. J. Bishop and A. E. Friday 9. Hominoid evolution: molecular and palaeontological patterns M. Ruvolo and D. Pilbeam 10. Relationships among extant and extinct great apes and humans L. Martin 11. Bipedalism: pressures, origins and modes M. H. Day 12. Dental trends in the australopithecones: the allometry of mandibular molar dimensions W. L. Jungers and F. E. Grine 13. Australopithecus: grade or clade? B. A. Wood and A. T. Chamberlain 14. Homo and Paranthropus: similarities in the cranial base and developing dentition M. C. Dean 15. The credibility of Homo habilis C. B. Stringer 16. The origin and fate of Homo erectus A. Bilsborough and B. A. Wood 17. The origin of Homo sapiens: the genetic evidence J. S. Jones 18. The origin of Homo sapiens: the fossil evidence D. R. Pilbeam Author index Subject index.
List of contributors Preface 1. Primates: a definition R. D. Martin 2. Plesiadapis and the delineation of the order Primates P. D. Gingerich 3. The relationships of the Tarssiiformes: a review of the case for the Haplorhini L. C. Aiello 4. Platyrrhines, catarrhines and the anthropoid transition A. L. Rosenberger 5. Problems of dental evolution in the higher primates P. M. Butler 6. Molecular evidence for catarrhine evolution P. Andrews 7. The fossil record of early catarrhine evolution J. G. Fleagle 8. Molecular sequences and hominoid phylogeny M. J. Bishop and A. E. Friday 9. Hominoid evolution: molecular and palaeontological patterns M. Ruvolo and D. Pilbeam 10. Relationships among extant and extinct great apes and humans L. Martin 11. Bipedalism: pressures, origins and modes M. H. Day 12. Dental trends in the australopithecones: the allometry of mandibular molar dimensions W. L. Jungers and F. E. Grine 13. Australopithecus: grade or clade? B. A. Wood and A. T. Chamberlain 14. Homo and Paranthropus: similarities in the cranial base and developing dentition M. C. Dean 15. The credibility of Homo habilis C. B. Stringer 16. The origin and fate of Homo erectus A. Bilsborough and B. A. Wood 17. The origin of Homo sapiens: the genetic evidence J. S. Jones 18. The origin of Homo sapiens: the fossil evidence D. R. Pilbeam Author index Subject index.
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