Early Hominids & Human Evolution
The study of human origins: evolution, early hominids, neanderthals, homo sapiens.
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Stone Tools in Human Evolution: Behavioral Differences among Technological Primates [Hardback]
John J. Shea (Author)
£64.99ISBN: 9781107123090
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that seen among living non-human primates, to a uniquely human pattern of ... .... Learn More -
Quaternary of the Levant:: Environments, Climate Change and Humans [Hardback]
Yehouda Enzel (Editor); Ofer Bar-Yosef (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9781107090460
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Quaternary of the Levant presents up-to-date research achievements from a region that displays unique interactions between climate, the environment and human evolution. Focusing on southeast Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel, it brings tog... .... Learn More -
Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context [Hardback]
Katerina Harvati (Editor); Mirjana Roksandic (Editor)
£74.50ISBN: 9789402408737
Published by : Springer Verlag
This edited volume systematically reviews the evidence for early human presence in one of the most relevant geographic regions of Europe - the Balkans and Anatolia, an area that has been crucial in shaping the course of human evolution in Europe, ... .... Learn More -
Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa: Physical and Human Dimensions [Hardback]
Jasper Knight (Editor); Stefan W. Grab (Editor)
£99.99ISBN: 9781107055797
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Ongoing climate change necessitates advances in our understanding of the interrelationships between climate, landscape-shaping processes and human activity over long time periods, especially in areas that are already climatically stressed. Th... .... Learn More
Making Faces: The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face [Hardback]
Adam S. Wilkins (Author)
£33.95ISBN: 9780674725522
Published by : Harvard University Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of... .... Learn More
An Apes View of Human Evolution [Hardback]
Peter Andrews (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781107100671
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, an... .... Learn More
The Science of Human Evolution: Getting it Right [Hardback]
John H. Langdon (Author)
£48.99ISBN: 9783319415840
Published by : Springer Verlag
This textbook provides a collection of case studies in paleoanthropology demonstrating the method and limitations of science. These cases introduce the reader to various problems and illustrate how they have been addressed historically. The ... .... Learn More
The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution [Paperback]
Clive Finlayson (Author)
£10.99ISBN: 9780198743897
Published by : Oxford University Press
Taking an ecological approach to our evolution, Clive Finlayson considers the origins of modern humans within the context of a drying climate and changing landscapes. Finlayson argues that environmental change, particularly availability of wa... .... Learn More
The Real Planet of the Apes [Hardback]
David R. Begun (Author)
£24.95ISBN: 9780691149240
Published by : Princeton University Press
Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage-such as bipedalis... .... Learn More
Prehension: The Hand and the Emergence of Humanity [Hardback]
Colin McGinn (Author)
£20.95ISBN: 9780262029322
Published by : MIT Press
This book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension, Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted: the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, an... .... Learn MoreORDER ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1226 734350 Fax: +44 (0)1226 734438 Oxbow Books, 47 Church St., Barnsley, S70 2AS GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1865 241249 Fax: +44 (0)1865 794449 Oxbow Books, The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, OX4 1JE © 2012 Oxbow Books. All Rights Reserved.
