The comparative approach in evolutionary anthropology and biology /

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Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tasks to the performance of human children on the same tasks. And when new fossils are found, such as those of the tiny humans of Flores, scien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nunn, Charles L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Temas:
Evolution (Biology)
Physical anthropology.
Population genetics.
Anthropology, Physical
Genetics, Population
Anthropologie physique.
Génétique des populations.
physical anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Population genetics
Physical anthropology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The importance of comparison
  • Basic phylogenetic concepts and "tree thinking"
  • Reconstructing ancestral states for discrete traits
  • Reconstructing ancestral states for quantitative traits
  • Modeling evolutionary change
  • Correlated evolution and testing adaptive hypotheses
  • Comparative methods to detect correlated evolutionary change
  • Using trees to study biological and cultural diversification
  • Size, allometry, and phylogeny
  • Human cultural traits and linguistic evolution
  • Behavior, ecology, and conservation of biological and cultural diversity
  • Investigating evolutionary singularities
  • Developing a comparative database and targeting future data collection
  • Conclusions and future directions.

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