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Human Paleobiology, Robert B. Eckhardt

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"Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of human populations, both past and present, in a range of changing environments. It integrates evidence from studies of human adaptability, comparative primatology, and molecular genetics to document consistent measures of genetic distance between subspecies, species, and other taxonomic groupings. These findings support the interpretation of the biology of humans in terms of a smaller number of populations characterized by higher levels of genetic continuity than previously hypothesized. Using this as a basis, Robert Eckhardt goes on to analyze problems in human paleobiology including phenotypic differentiation, patterns of species range expansion and phyletic succession in terms of the patterns and processes still observable in extant populations. This book will be a challenging and stimulating read for students and researchers interested in human paleobiology or evolutionary anthropology."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiii, 350 pages
Contents
  • Paleobiology : present perspectives on the past
  • Constancy and change : taxonomic uncertainty in a probabilistic world
  • A century of fossils
  • About a century of theory
  • Human adaptability present and past
  • Primate patterns of diversity and adaptation
  • Hominid phylogeny : morphological and molecular measures of diversity
  • Plio-Pleistocene hominids : the paleobiology of fragmented populations
  • Character state velocity in the emergence of more advanced hominids
  • The paleobiology of widely dispersed hominids
  • Paleobiological perspectives on modern human origins
  • A future for the past
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9780521451604
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Human Paleobiology
Title
Human Paleobiology
Statement of responsibility
Robert B. Eckhardt
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of human populations, both past and present, in a range of changing environments. It integrates evidence from studies of human adaptability, comparative primatology, and molecular genetics to document consistent measures of genetic distance between subspecies, species, and other taxonomic groupings. These findings support the interpretation of the biology of humans in terms of a smaller number of populations characterized by higher levels of genetic continuity than previously hypothesized. Using this as a basis, Robert Eckhardt goes on to analyze problems in human paleobiology including phenotypic differentiation, patterns of species range expansion and phyletic succession in terms of the patterns and processes still observable in extant populations. This book will be a challenging and stimulating read for students and researchers interested in human paleobiology or evolutionary anthropology."--Jacket
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Eckhardt, Robert B
Index
index present
LC call number
GN60
LC item number
.E26 2000
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2001 A-910
  • GN 282
NLM item number
E19h 2000
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Physical anthropology
  • Paleobiology
  • Human evolution
  • Fossil hominids
  • Biological Evolution
  • Paleontology
  • Hominidae
  • Fossil hominids
  • Human evolution
  • Paleobiology
  • Physical anthropology
  • Anthropologie physique
  • Paléobiologie
  • Homme
  • Hominidés fossiles
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Human Paleobiology, Robert B. Eckhardt
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-343) and index
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Paleobiology : present perspectives on the past -- Constancy and change : taxonomic uncertainty in a probabilistic world -- A century of fossils -- About a century of theory -- Human adaptability present and past -- Primate patterns of diversity and adaptation -- Hominid phylogeny : morphological and molecular measures of diversity -- Plio-Pleistocene hominids : the paleobiology of fragmented populations -- Character state velocity in the emergence of more advanced hominids -- The paleobiology of widely dispersed hominids -- Paleobiological perspectives on modern human origins -- A future for the past
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xiii, 350 pages
Isbn
9780521451604
Lccn
00021410
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)43328927
Label
Human Paleobiology, Robert B. Eckhardt
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-343) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Paleobiology : present perspectives on the past -- Constancy and change : taxonomic uncertainty in a probabilistic world -- A century of fossils -- About a century of theory -- Human adaptability present and past -- Primate patterns of diversity and adaptation -- Hominid phylogeny : morphological and molecular measures of diversity -- Plio-Pleistocene hominids : the paleobiology of fragmented populations -- Character state velocity in the emergence of more advanced hominids -- The paleobiology of widely dispersed hominids -- Paleobiological perspectives on modern human origins -- A future for the past
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xiii, 350 pages
Isbn
9780521451604
Lccn
00021410
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)43328927

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