Lowly origin : where, when, and why our ancestors first stood up /

Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open spaces, manipulate complex tools, communicate with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kingdon, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Fossil hominids.
Bipedalism > Origin.
Human beings > Origin.
Human evolution.
Homme fossile.
Bipédie > Origines.
Êtres humains > Origines.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
Fossil hominids
Human beings > Origin
Human evolution
Achulean culture.
Adapids.
African Heidelbergs.
Banda Strandlopers.
Biblical symbolism.
Broken Hill fossil.
Catopithecus browni.
Eastern Rift.
Ethiopian Dome.
Flores Landing.
Gondwana.
Hadrocodium.
Hammer, Michael.
Haplorhini.
Highvelt.
Hofmeyr skull.
Homo antecessor.
Indian Heidelberg.
Java man.
Juba River.
Khoisan.
Kiwengoma forest.
Leakey, Meave.
Linnaeus.
Mammaliform.
agriculture.
angiosperm.
antelopes.
arboreal mammals.
autorewarding skills.
brain-language interaction.
cervical nerves.
community of descent.
containers.
dambos.
depigmentation.
dermicidin.
distant ambit.
ecological islands.
edaphic grasslands.
enhanced adaptation.
evolution, mammal.
fovea.
future-eaters.
genocide.
gestures.
grasslands.
ground ape.
hand-eye coordination.
horticulture.
humid foci.
keystone species.
marine culture.
metacarpals.
middlebrows.
mobbing behavior.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Preface to a Self-portrait from the Center of the World
  • Chapter 2: On Being a Primate
  • Chapter 3: On Being an Ape
  • Chapter 4: On Being a Ground Ape
  • Chapter 5: On Becoming a Biped
  • Chapter 6: On Being a Manipulative Man-ape
  • Chapter 7: On the Uncertainties of Becoming Human
  • Chapter 8: On Going Far with Fire
  • Chapter 9: On Being a Self-made Human
  • Chapter 10: In Conclusion
  • Appendix: Plants Known to Be Especially Favored by Humans and Other Primates
  • Index

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