The improbable primate : how water shaped human evolution /

In this fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year evolutionary journey, Finlayson demonstrates the radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and technologies and shows that understanding humans within an ecological context provides insights into the emergence and spread of Homo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finlayson, Clive, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
Human beings > Origin.
Water > History.
Human evolution.
Paleoecology > Pleistocene.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Monogenism and polygenism.
Neanderthals.
Paleoanthropology.
Homme > Origines.
Eau > Histoire.
Homme > Évolution.
Paléoécologie > Pléistocène.
Homme > Influence de l'environnement.
Homme de Néanderthal.
Paléoanthropologie.
Homo neanderthalensis (extinct species)
paleoanthropology.
NATURE > Fossils.
Paleoecology.
Pleistocene Geologic Epoch.
Water.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The inverted panda
  • And the world changed forever
  • At the lake's edge
  • The first humans
  • Middle earth: the home of the first humans
  • The drying world of the Middle Pleistocene
  • The rain chasers: solutions in a drying world
  • The exceptional world of the Neanderthal
  • Global expansion of the rain chasers
  • Australia
  • From Lake Chad to Puritjarra and beyond.

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