Human Evolution Source Book

Fleagle, John G.,Ciochon, Russell L.

ISBN 10: 0130329819 / ISBN 13: 9780130329813

Published by Routledge, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Evolution Source Book
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130329819
• ISBN 13: 9780130329813
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

For Junior, Senior, and Graduate courses in Human Evolution taught in anthropology and biology departments.

This book is the most comprehensive collection of cutting edge articles on human evolution.  Designed for use by students in anthropology, paleontology, and evolutionary biology, this edited volume brings together the major ideas and publications on human evolution of the past three decades. The book spans the entire scope of human evolution with particular emphasis on the fossil record, including archaeological studies.

About the Authors

Russell L. Ciochon is a leading paleoanthropologist specializing in primate and human evolution in Asia, as well as the geochronology of Asian Plio-Pleistocene sites. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and teaches at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where he is Chair of the Department of Anthropology. He teaches courses in hominin and non-human primate evolution, as well as primate behavior, ecology, and functional anatomy. Besides co-authoring more than one hundred technical articles, he has also co-written two popular books: DRAGON BONE HILL: AN ICE AGE SAGA OF HOMO ERECTUS (2004, Oxford University Press) and OTHER ORIGINS: THE SEARCH FOR THE GIANT APE IN PREHISTORY (1990, Bantam Books).

Fleagle, Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook.