A Companion To Paleoanthropology David R Begun Ed by David R. Begun (ed.) 9781118332344, 9781444331165, 1118332342, 1444331167 instant download after payment.

A Companion to Paleoanthropology presents a compendium of readings from leading scholars in the field that define our current knowledge of the major discoveries and developments in human origins and human evolution, tracing the fossil record from primate and hominid origins to the dispersal of modern humans across the globe.

• Represents an accessible state-of-the-art summary of the entire field of paleoanthropology, with an overview of hominid taxonomy
• Features articles on the key discoveries in ape and human evolution, in cranial, postcranial and brain evolution, growth and development
• Surveys the breadth of the paleontological record from primate origins to modern humans
• Highlights the unique methods and techniques of paleoanthropology, including dating and ecological methods, and use of living primate date to reconstruct behavior in fossil apes and humans

Content:
Chapter 1 The Past, Present and Future of Paleoanthropology (pages 1–16): David R. Begun
Chapter 2 History (pages 17–33): Matthew R. Goodrum
Chapter 3 Human Systematics (pages 35–54): David S. Strait
Chapter 4 Experimental Approaches to Musculoskeletal Function in Primates (pages 55–74): Matthew J. Ravosa, Kimberly A. Congdon and Rachel A. Menegaz
Chapter 5 Multivariate Quantitative Methods in Paleoanthropology (pages 75–96): Michael A. Schillaci and Philipp Gunz
Chapter 6 Growth, Development, and Life History in Hominin Evolution (pages 97–117): Jay Kelley and Debra Bolter
Chapter 7 Cranial Evolution in the Apes (pages 118–135): Brian T. Shea
Chapter 8 Hominid Brain Evolution (pages 136–164): P. Thomas Schoenemann
Chapter 9 Hominin Diets (pages 165–182): Peter S. Ungar and Matt Sponheimer
Chapter 10 Origin and Evolution of Human Postcranial Anatomy (pages 183–202): Brian G. Richmond and Kevin G. Hatala
Chapter 11 Multiproxy Paleoecology (pages 203–225): Kaye E. Reed
Chapter 12 Reconstructing Social Behavior from Fossil Evidence (pages 226–243): J. Michael Plavcan
Chapter 13 Geochronology (pages 244–264): Alan L. Deino
Chapter 14 The Origins and Evolution of Technology (pages 265–289): Kathy Schick and Nicholas Toth
Chapter 15 Genetic Perspectives on Ape and Human Evolution (pages 290–305): Todd R. Disotell
Chapter 16 The Genetics of Morphology (pages 306–320): Richard J. Sherwood and Dana L. Duren
Chapter 17 Paleoanthropology and Race (pages 321–337): Milford H. Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari
Chapter 18 Primate Origins (pages 339–357): Mary T. Silcox
Chapter 19 Anthropoid Origins (pages 358–375): K. Christopher Beard
Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins (pages 376–396): Terry Harrison
Chapter 21 The Miocene Hominoid Radiations (pages 397–416): David R. Begun
Chapter 22 Before Australopithecus (pages 417–433): Scott W. Simpson
Chapter 23 Australopithecus and Kenyanthropus (pages 434–456): Ashley S. Hammond and Carol V. Ward
Chapter 24 Paranthropus (pages 457–478): Bernard Wood and Kes Schroer
Chapter 25 Earliest Homo (pages 479–496): Friedemann Schrenk
Chapter 26 Homo Erectus and Related Taxa (pages 497–516): Susan C. Anton
Chapter 27 The Middle Pleistocene Record (pages 517–537): Jean?Jacques Hublin
Chapter 28 Neanderthals (pages 538–556): Katerina Harvati?Papatheodorou
Chapter 29 Modern Human Origins (pages 557–581): Mark Collard and Mana Dembo
Chapter 30 Homo Floresiensis (pages 582–598): William L. Jungers