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Academic & Professional Books  Evolutionary Biology  Human Evolution

Classification and Human Evolution

Edited By: Sherwood L Washburn
384 pages
Classification and Human Evolution
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First published in 1964, this volume reviews the meaning of taxonomic statements and considers our present knowledge regarding the number and characteristics of species among living and extinct primates, including man and his ancestors. Also examines the relationship of behaviour changes and selection pressures in evolutionary sequences.

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1. George Gaylord Simpson The Meaning of Taxonomic Statements 2. L S.B. Leakey East African Fossil Hominoidea and the Classification within This Super-Family 3. Bernard Campbell Quantitative Taxonomy and Human Evolution 4. J.S. Weiner Some Considerations in the Formulation of Theories of Human Phylogeny 5. Adolph H. Schultz Age Changes, Sex Differences, and Variability as Factors in the Classification of Primates 6. Josef Biegert The Evaluation of Characteristics of the Skull 7. William L. Straus, Jr.The Classification of Oreopithecus 8. John Napier The Locomotor Functions of Hominids 9. S.L. Washburn Behavior and Human Evolution 10. Morris Goodman Man's Place in the Phylogeny of the Primates as Reflected in Serum Proteins 11. Harold P. Klinger, John L. Hamerton, David Mutton, and Ernst M. Lang The Chromosomes of the Hominoidea 12. Emile Zuckerkandl Perspectives in Molecular Anthropology 13. K.R.L. Hall Some Problems in the Analysis and Comparison of Monkey and Ape Behavior 14. Irven DeVore A Comparison of the Ecology and Behavior of Monkeys and Apes 15. Anne Roe Psychological Definitions of Man 16. Ernst Mayr The Taxonomic Evaluation of Fossil Hominids 17. Theodosius Dobzhansky Genetic Entities in Hominid Evolution

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Edited By: Sherwood L Washburn
384 pages
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