| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology
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Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-343) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Paleobiology: present perspectives on the past; 2 Constancy and change: taxonomic uncertainty in a probabilistic world; 3 A century of fossils; 4 About a century of theory; 5 Human adaptability present and past; 6 Primate pattern of diversity and adaptation; 7 Hominid phylogeny: morphological and molecular measures of diversity; 8 Plio-Pleistocene hominids: the paleobiology of fragmented populations; 9 Character state velocity in the emergence of more advanced hominids. |
| Summary |
Human Paleobiology explores the adaptability and variation in past and present human populations under a range of changing environmental conditions. Using a historical approach emphasizing phenotypic features instead of complex taxonomy, it will be a stimulating and challenging read for all those interested in human paleobiology, evolutionary biology and anthropology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physical anthropology.
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Physical anthropology. |
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Paleobiology.
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Paleobiology. |
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Human evolution.
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Human evolution. |
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Fossil hominids.
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Fossil hominids. |
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Evolution. |
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Paleontology. |
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Hominidae. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eckhardt, Robert B. Human Paleobiology. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 (DLC) 00021410 |
| ISBN |
0511052790 |
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9780511052798 |
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0511173873 (electronic book) |
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9780511173875 (electronic book) |
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9780521451604 (hardback) |
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0521451604 (hardback) |
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0511039433 (electronic book) |
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9780511039430 (electronic book) |
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0521451604 (hardback) |
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