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Handbook of Paleoanthropology

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 1 Historical Overview of Paleoanthropological Research
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    Chapter 2 2 Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus
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    Chapter 3 3 The Ontogeny–Phylogeny Nexus in a Nutshell: Implications for Primatology and Paleoanthropology
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    Chapter 4 4 Principles of Taxonomy and Classification: Current Procedures for Naming and Classifying Organisms
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    Chapter 5 5 Quantitative Approaches to Phylogenetics
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    Chapter 6 6 Homology: A Philosophical and Biological Perspective
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    Chapter 7 7 Taphonomic and Diagenetic Processes
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    Chapter 8 8 Archeology
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    Chapter 9 9 Contribution of Stable Light Isotopes to Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
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    Chapter 10 10 Chronometric Methods in Paleoanthropology
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    Chapter 11 11 Geological Background of Early Hominid Sites in Africa
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    Chapter 12 12 Paleoclimate
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    Chapter 13 13 Paleosols
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    Chapter 14 14 Quaternary Deposits and Paleosites
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    Chapter 15 15 Zoogeography: Primate and Early Hominin Distribution and Migration Patterns
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    Chapter 16 16 Patterns of Diversification and Extinction
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    Chapter 17 17 Paleoecology: An Adequate Window on the Past?
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    Chapter 18 18 Hominin Paleodiets: The Contribution of Stable Isotopes
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    Chapter 19 19 Estimation of Basic Life History Data of Fossil Hominoids
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    Chapter 20 20 Population Genetics and Paleoanthropology
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    Chapter 21 21 Ancient DNA
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    Chapter 22 22 Paleodemography of Extinct Hominin Populations
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    Chapter 23 23 Modeling the Past: The Primatological Approach
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    Chapter 24 24 Modeling the Past: The Paleoethnological Evidence
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    Chapter 25 25 Modeling the Past: The Linguistic Approach
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    Chapter 26 26 General Principles of Evolutionary Morphology
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    Chapter 27 27 Computer-Based Reconstruction: Technical Aspects and Applications
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    Chapter 28 28 Prospects and Pitfalls
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    Chapter 29 1 Primate Origins and Supraordinal Relationships: Morphological Evidence
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    Chapter 30 2 Molecular Evidence on Primate Origins and Evolution
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    Chapter 31 3 Fossil Record of the Primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene
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    Chapter 32 4 Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids
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    Chapter 33 5 The Biotic Environments of the Late Miocene Hominids
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    Chapter 34 6 Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids
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    Chapter 35 7 Hominoid Cranial Diversity and Adaptation
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    Chapter 36 8 Dental Adaptations of African Apes
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    Chapter 37 9 Evolution of the Primate Brain
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    Chapter 38 10 Primate Life Histories
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    Chapter 39 11 The Biology and Evolution of Ape and Monkey Feeding
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    Chapter 40 12 Great Ape Social Systems
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    Chapter 41 13 Primate Intelligence
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    Chapter 42 14 Chimpanzee Hunting Behavior
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    Chapter 43 15 Cooperation, Coalition, and Alliances
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    Chapter 44 1 Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae
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    Chapter 45 2 Defining Hominidae
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    Chapter 46 3 Origins of Homininae and Putative Selection Pressures Acting on the Early Hominins
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    Chapter 47 4 Role of Environmental Stimuli in Hominid Origins
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    Chapter 48 5 The Origins of Bipedal Locomotion
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    Chapter 49 6 The Earliest Putative Hominids
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    Chapter 50 7 The Species and Diversity of Australopiths
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    Chapter 51 8 Defining the Genus Homo
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    Chapter 52 9 The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils
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    Chapter 53 10 Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries
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    Chapter 54 11 Defining Homo erectus: Size Considered
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    Chapter 55 12 Later Middle Pleistocene Homo
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    Chapter 56 13 Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries
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    Chapter 57 14 Origin of Modern Humans
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    Chapter 58 15 Analyzing Hominid Phylogeny
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    Chapter 59 16 Phylogenetic Relationships (Biomolecules)
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    Chapter 60 17 Population Biology and Population Genetics of Pleistocene Hominins
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    Chapter 61 18 Species Concepts and Speciation: Facts and Fantasies
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    Chapter 62 19 Human Environmental Impact in the Paleolithic and Neolithic
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    Chapter 63 20 The Dentition of American Indians: Evolutionary Results and Demographic Implications Following Colonization from Siberia
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    Chapter 64 21 Overview of Paleolithic Archeology
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    Chapter 65 22 The Network of Brain, Body, Language, and Culture
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    Chapter 66 23 Cultural Evolution in Africa and Eurasia During the Middle and Late Pleistocene
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    Chapter 67 24 Paleoanthropology and the Foundation of Ethics: Methodological Remarks on the Problem of Criteriology
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Title
Handbook of Paleoanthropology
Published by
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, January 2007
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-33761-4
ISBNs
978-3-54-032474-4, 978-3-54-033761-4, 978-3-54-033858-1
Authors

Henke, Winfried, Tattersall, Ian, Hardt, Thorolf, Dr. Dr. h. c. Winfried Henke, Dr. Ian Tattersall, Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall

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Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall

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Country Count As %
United States 8 2%
United Kingdom 7 1%
Portugal 4 <1%
Germany 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Mexico 3 <1%
Argentina 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Other 13 3%
Unknown 431 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 105 22%
Student > Master 69 14%
Researcher 65 14%
Student > Bachelor 55 12%
Professor 29 6%
Other 91 19%
Unknown 62 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 123 26%
Social Sciences 77 16%
Arts and Humanities 62 13%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 44 9%
Environmental Science 23 5%
Other 71 15%
Unknown 76 16%