Larry L Mai, Marcus Young Owl, M Patricia Kersting

The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Packed with 13000 descriptions of terms, specimens, sites and names, this invaluable research and study tool covers a broad range of subjects including human biology, physical anthropology, primatology, physiology, genetics, paleontology and zoology. The volume also includes over 1000 word roots, taxonomies and reference tables for extinct, recent and extant primates, and illustrations of landmarks, bones and muscles. It is essential for students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in human biology or evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 668
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 174mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1372g
• ISBN-13: 9780521664868
• ISBN-10: 0521664861
• Artikelnr.: 12947237

Autorenporträt

LARRY L. MAI is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
Word roots
A-Z listing of terms
Appendix I. Taxonomy of extinct primates
Appendix II. Taxonomy of recent and extant primates
Appendix III. Reference table of extant primate species
Appendix IV. Geological time scale
Appendix V. Terrestrial chronology of the Pleistocene 'Ice Age' in the northern hemisphere
Appendix VI. Marine oxygen isotope chronology
Appendix VII. Illustrations of anatomical landmarks, postcranial bones and muscle groups, cranial bones and muscle groups
Appendix VIII. Event timeline of human biology and evolution
Appendix IX. Tentative human phylogeny.