Human paleontology and prehistory : contributions in honor of Yoel Rak

The aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers contrib...

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Other Authors Marom, Assaf (Editor), Hovers, Erella (Editor), Rak, Yoel (honouree.)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
SeriesVertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
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ISBN9783319466460
9783319466446
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245 0 0 |a Human paleontology and prehistory :  |b contributions in honor of Yoel Rak /  |c edited by Assaf Marom, Erella Hovers. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Foreword; On a Personal Note; Preface; "A boring story"; A Matter of Character; What's in the Book?; References; Major Publications of Yoel Rak; Books; Selected Articles and Reviews; Contents; Contributors; 1 Why Was Human Evolution So Rapid?; Abstract; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Wallace's Controversy with Darwin on Man's Mental Evolution, on the Position of the Natives in Human Evolution, and His Anticipation of Cultural Evolution, as Distinct from Biological Evolution; Abstract; Introduction; Darwin on Human Races; Alfred Russel Wallace; Wallace's "Apostasy." 
505 8 |a Gould's Criticism of WallaceCultural Evolution Versus Biological Evolution; Addendum; Wallace versus Darwin: On the Relation of Consciousness to the Brain; Darwin on Consciousness; References; 3 Man's Place in Past and Future Evolution: A Historical Survey of Remarkable Ideas; Abstract; The Origin; Man and the Apes; Brain and Intellect; Heredity and Human Evolution; Eugenics -- Controlling Human Evolution; Science and Human Evolution; Mankind in Nature: A Special Case?; Man and the Rest of the World: Ecology and Evolution; Man and Future Biological Evolution. 
505 8 |a Will Mankind Rise to the Challenge?Acknowledgments; References; 4 The Paleoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania, and Its Implications for Hominin Evolution; Abstract; Introduction; Paleoecology of the Upper Ndolanya Beds; Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 The Australopithecine Brain: Controversies Perpetual; Abstract; Ongoing Controversies; Some Recent Issues; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Posture, Locomotion and Bipedality: The Case of the Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Abstract; Introduction; Anatomy of the Bovid Hip. 
505 8 |a Materials and MethodsVertebral Morphology and Metrics; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Canine Height and Jaw Gape in Catarrhines with Reference to Canine Reduction in Early Hominins; Abstract; Introduction; Functional Links Between Canine Height and Jaw Gape in Catarrhines; Hypothesis and Predictions: Intraspecific Differences Between Adult Males and Females; Hypothesis and Predictions: Interspecific Differences; Materials and Methods; Living Subjects; Derived Variables; Statistical Analysis; Results; Predicting Gape: More on Interspecific Analyses of Catarrhines; Discussion. 
505 8 |a Intraspecific PredictionsInterspecific Predictions; Costs and Benefits of Modifying Bite Force, Gape and Canine Overlap in Catarrhines; Masticatory Efficiency and Canine Reduction in the Earliest Hominins; Relative Muscle Size, Position and Fiber Length in a Model Dimorphic Catarrhine Species: Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaques); Why Is It that Relative Gape in Male Catarrhines does not Correspond to Expected Relative Gape in Conspecific Female Catarrhines?; Reconsidering the High Mandibular Condyle of Catarrhines (and Robust australopiths); Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty 
520 |a The aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers contributed by many of Yoel's friends and colleagues from all over the globe. Contributions from experts around the globe fall roughly into three broad categories: Reflections on some of the broad theoretical questions of evolution, and especially about human evolution; the early hominins, with special emphasis on Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus; and the Neanderthals, that contentious group of our closest extinct relatives. Within and across these categories, nearly every paper addresses combinations of methodological, analytical and theoretical questions that are pertinent to the whole human evolutionary time span. This book will appeal most to scholars and advanced students in paleoanthropology, human paleontology and prehistoric archaeology. 
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