Contemporary issues in human evolution

Bibliographic Collection: 
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Meikle, William Eric; Howell, F. Clark; Jablonski, Nina G
Year of Publication: 1996
Number of Pages: viii, 193 p
Publisher: California Academy of Sciences
City: San Francisco, Calif
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0940228459
Keywords: Human evolution
Abstract:

Thoughts on the study and interpretation of the human fossil record / F. Clark Howell -- Paleoanthropology and preconception / Ian Tattersall -- Grades and clades : a paleontological perspective on phylogenetic issues / Pascal Tassy -- Homoplasy, clades, and hominid phylogeny / Henry M. McHenry -- The genus Paranthropus : what's in a name? / Ronald J. Clarke -- Origin and evolution of the genus Homo / Bernard Wood -- Current issues in modern human origins / Christopher B. Stringer -- Behavior and human evolution / Alison S. Brooks -- Molecular anthropology in retrospect and prospect / Jonathan Marks

Notes:

editors, W. Eric Meikle, F. Clark Howell, Nina G. Jablonskiill., 1 col. port. ; 27 cmProceedings of the First Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Foundation Endowment Symposium, held at the California Academy of Sciences on February 6, 1993"December 2, 1996

Label: 1996