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From the Book - Rev., updated, and expanded ed.
pt. 1. Central issues of paleoanthropology
What is a human?
1. The human creature
2. The quest for origins
3. Is human evolution different?
Evidence
4. The science of paleoanthropology
5. The early human fossil record
6. Discovering early human fossil sites
7. Recovering the remains of early humans
8. Dating fossils and artifacts
9. Climate and human evolution
10. Teeth
11. Proteins, DNA, and human evolution
12. Why is paleoanthropology so contentious?
Ancestors
13. Our closest living relatives
14. The last common ancestor of apes and humans
15. Drawing the human family tree
Lineages
16. African genesis
17. Early vs. modern humans
18. Eve and Adam
19. The earliest fossil evidence of anatomically modern humans
Migration
20. Out of Africa
21. The first Americans
22. Peopling the globe
Diversity
23. Defining human species
24. Co-existing human species
25. Human diversity today
26. What is race?
Anatomy
27. The size of early humans
28. Sexual dimorphism
29. Gestation
30. Maturation
31. Evolution of the human brain
32. Reconstructing the appearance of early humans
Society
33. Primate societies and early human social behavior
Bipedalism
34. Evidence for bipedalism
35. The origins of bipedalism
Tools
36. The oldest stone tools
Customs
37. Hunters, gatherers, or scavengers?
38. Diet
39. Cannibalism
40. Fire
41. Shelter
42. Clothing
Culture
43. Burial
44. Art
45. The origins of language
Imponderables
46. The problem of consciousness
47. Will humans become extinct?
48. Place of humans in nature
pt. 2. Encountering the evidence
Pre-Australopithecines
Sabelanthropus tchadensis, TM 266-01-060-01, cranium
Orrorin tugenensis, BAR 1000'00, mandible
Ardipithecus ramidus, ARA-VP-6/129, partial juvenile mandible
Kenyanthropus platyops, KNM-WT 40000, cranium
Australopithecines
Australopithecines anamensis, KNM-KP 29281, adult mandible
Australopithecines garhi, BOU-VP-12/130, cranium
Australopithecines afarensis, A.L. 288-1, Lucy, partial adult skeleton
Australopithecines afarensis, A.L. 333, the first family, fragments of seventeen individuals
Australopithecines afarensis, A.L. 444-2, adult cranium
Australopithecines afarensis, A.L. 129-1a+1b, adult female knee joint
Australopithecines afarensis, L.H. 4, adult mandible/fossil hominid footprints
Australopithecines cf. africanus, StW 573, skeleton
Australopithecines africanus, Sts 5, Mrs. Ples, adult cranium
Australopithecines africanus, Sts 14, partial adult skeleton
Australopithecines africanus, Sts 71 and Sts 36, adult cranium with mandible
Australopithecines africanus, Taung child, immature skill
Australopithecines robustus, TM 1517, mandible
Australopithecines sp., Stw 252, adult cranium
Australopithecines crassidens, SK 6, adolescent mandible/SK 48, adult cranium/SK 79, adult cranium
Australopithecines aethiopicus, KNM-WT 17000, black skull, adult cranium
Australopithecines boisei, OH 5, Nutcracker man, Zinj, adult cranium
Australopithecines boisei, KNM-ER 406, adult male cranium/KNM-ER 732, adult female cranium
Homo
Homo sp., A.L. 666-1, adult maxilla
Homo habilis, OH 7, juvenile male mandible
Homo habilis, OH 24, adult female cranium
Homo habilis, KNM-ER 1813, adult cranium
Homo habilis, OH 62, Lucy's child, partial adult skeleton
Homo rudolfensis, KNM-ER 1470, adult cranium
Homo georgicus, D 2600, adult mandible
Homo ergaster, KNM-ER 3733, adult cranium
Homo ergaster, KNM-WT 15000, juvenile male skeleton
Homo ergaster, SK 847, partial adult cranium
Homo erectus, Trinil 2, Java man, partial adult cranium
Homo erectus, Peking man, adult skull reconstruction
Homo erectus, Sangiran 17, adult male cranium
Homo heidelbergensis, Bodo cranium, adult cranium
Homo heidelbergensis, Mauer 1, adult mandible
Homo heidelbergensis, Arago XXI, adult cranium
Homo heidelbergensis, Petralona 1, adult cranium
Homo heidelbergensis, Steinheim, adult female cranium
Homo heidelbergensis, Atapuerca 5, adult skull
Homo heidelbergensis, Broken Hill 1, adult cranium
Homo neanderthalensis, Krapina C, adult female cranium
Homo neanderthalensis, Saccopastore I, adult female cranium
Homo neanderthalensis, Teshik-Tash, juvenile skull
Homo neanderthalensis, Kebara 2, adult male skeleton
Homo neanderthalensis, Amud 1, adult male skull
Homo neanderthalensis, Amud 7, partial infant skeleton
Homo neanderthalensis, La Chapelle-aux-Saints, adult male skull
Homo neanderthalensis, Ferrassie 1, adult male cranium
Homo neanderthalensis, Neandertal 1, adult calotte
Homo neanderthalensis, Gibraltar 1, adult female cranium
Homo neanderthalensis, Saint-Césaire, partial adult cranium
Homo floresiensis, LB 1, partial skeleton
Homo sapiens, Dali, adult male cranium
Homo sapiens, Omo I and Omo II, partial adult skeleton and cranium
Homo sapiens, Qafzeh IX, adult female skeleton
Homo sapiens, Skhul V, adult male skeleton
Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon I, adult male skeleton
Homo sapiens, Kow Swamp 1, adult male skeleton
Paleolithic technology
Oldowan tools
Acheulean tools
Mousterian tools
Upper paleolithic tools
Appendix 1 : Type specimens for hominid species
Appendix 2 : Hominid fossil and archeological sites
Acknowledgments
Selected references
Index.
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