Major Topics in Primate and Human Evolution

Wood, Bernard; Martin, Lawrence & Andrews, Peter; editors:

Published by Cambridge University Press (1986), Cambridge, 1986

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orig.boards Some minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG Textual charts,graphs,photos 25x17cm, (6), 363 pp, Name inked on front fixed endpaper. Slight binding corner bumps. A small dent to side rear cover edge. Contains 18 papers. Includes: R.D. Martin "Primates: A Definition"; P.D. Gingerich "Plesiadapis & the Delineation of the Order Primates"; L.C. Aiello "The Relationships of the Tarssiiformes: A Review of the Case for the Haplorhini"; A.L. Rosenberger "Platyrrhines, Catarrhines & the Anthropoid Transition"; P.M. Butler "Problems of Dental Evolution in the Higher Primates"; P. Andrews "Molecular Evidence for Catarrhine Evolution";J.G. Fleagle "The Fossil Record of Early Catarrhine Evolution"; M.J. Bishop & A.E. Friday "Molecular Sequences & Hominoid Phylogeny"; M. Ruvolo & D. Pilbeam "Hominoid Evolution: Molecular & Palaeontological Patterns"; L. Martin "Relationships Among Extant & Extinct Great Apes & Humans"; M.H. Day "Bipedalism: Pressures, Origins & Modes"; W.L. Jungers & F.E. Grine " Dental Trends in the Australopithecines: The Allometry of Mandibular Molar Dimensions"; B.A. Wood & A.T. Chamberlain "Australopithecus: Grade or Clade?"; M.C. Dean "Homo & Paranthropus: Similarities in the Cranial Base &Developing Dentition"; C.B. Stringer "The Credibility of Homo habilis"; A. Bilsborough & B.A. Wood "The Origin & Fate of Homo erectus"; J.S. Jones " The Origin of Homo sapiens: The Genetic Evidence"; D.R. Pilbeam "The Origin of Homo sapiens: The Fossil Evidence". Some minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Major Topics in Primate and Human Evolution
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (1986), Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1986
• Binding: Hardcover