Basics in human evolution / edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein. -- London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2015]. – (59.31 /B311) |
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Part I Positioning Human Evolution
1. Basic Evolutionary Theory
2. Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Part II Primates
3. Primate Evolution
4. Comparative Anatomy of Primates
5. Primate Behavior
6. Primate Models for Human Evolution
Part III Hominins
7. Early Hominin Ecology
8. Bipedalism
9. Early Hominins
10. Australopithecines
11. Early Pleistocene Homo
12. Archaic Homo
13. Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens
14. Evolution of Tool Use
Part IV Genetics and Biology
15. Contemporary Human Genetic Variation
16. Human Population Movements: A Genetic Perspective
17. Brain Evolution
18. Physiological Adaptations to Environmental Stressors
19. Evolution of Skin Color
20. Human Growth and Development
21. Human Reproductive Ecology
22. Human Senescence
Part V Lifeways
23. Hunter-Gatherers
24. Pastoralism
25. Agriculturalism
Part VI Health
26. Evolutionary and Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease
27. Modernization and Disease
28. Modern Human Diet
29. Diversity and Origins of Human Infectious Diseases
30. Coevolution of Humans and Pathogens
31. Paleopathology
Part VII Behavior and Culture
32. Evolutionary Biology of Human
33. Aggression, Affiliation, and Parenting
34. Human Mating Systems
35. Evolution of Cognition
36. Evolution of Language
37. Evolution of Moral Systems
38. Race and Ethnicity
39. Evolution of Culture
Glossary
Index
Color Plates