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Titre(s) : Early hominin paleoecology [Texte imprimé] / edited by Matt Sponheimer, Julia A. Lee-Thorp, Kaye E. Reed, and Peter S. Ungar

Publication : Boulder (Colo.) : University press of Colorado, cop. 2013

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi-470 p.) ; 24 cm

Comprend : 1. Paleoclimate and paleoenvironment ; Faunal approaches in early hominin paleoecology / Kaye E. Reed, Lillian M. Spencer, and Amy L. Rector ; Facies analysis and Plio-Pleistocene paleoecology / Craig S. Feibel ; East African hominin paleoecology: isotopic evidence from paleosols / Jay Quade and Naomi E. Levin ; Tectonics, orbital forcing, global climate change, and human evolution in Africa / Mark A. Maslin, Beth Christensen, and Katy E. Wilson ; 2. Hominin adaptations and behavior ; Early hominin posture and locomotion / Carol V. Ward ; The functional morphology of jaws and teeth: implications for understanding early hominin dietary adaptations / Peter S. Ungar and David J. Daegling ; Dental microwear and paleoecology / Mark F. Teaford, Peter S. Ungar, and Frederick E. Grine ; Hominin ecology from hard tissue biogeochemistry / Julia A. Lee-Thorp and Matt Sponheimer ; The behavior of Plio-Pleistocene hominins: archaeological perspectives / David R. Braun ; 3. Analogies and models ; Plants and protopeople: paleobotanical reconstruction and early hominin ecology / Jeanne Sept ; Chimpanzee models of human behavioral evolution / John C. Mitani ; Analogies and models in the study of the early hominins / Clifford J. Jolly.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, exploring new research and synthesizing old and new ideas. Recent advances in the field and the laboratory are not only improving our understanding of human evolution but are also transforming it. Given the increasing specialization of the individual fields of study in hominin paleontology, communicating research results and data is difficult, especially to a broad audience of graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and the interested public. Early Hominin Paleoecology provides a good working knowledge of the subject while also presenting a solid grounding in the sundry ways this knowledge has been constructed. The book is divided into three sections--climate and environment (with a particular focus on the latter), adaptation and behavior, and modern analogs and models--and features contributors from various fields of study, including archaeology, primatology, paleoclimatology, sedimentology, and geochemistry." -- Publisher's website

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Sponheimer, Matt. Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Paléoécologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Paléoanthropologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Homme -- Évolution  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781607322245 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1607322242 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9781607322252 (erroné) (ebook). - ISBN 1607322250 (ebook). - ISBN 9781607322252 (ebook)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb437832210

Notice n° :  FRBNF43783221 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)