Preface |
Human Evolution in Perspective / Part 1: |
Our Place in Nature / Unit 1: |
Human Evolution as Narrative / Unit 2: |
Historical Views / Unit 3: |
Modern Evolutionary Theory / Unit 4: |
The Physical Context of Evolution / Unit 5: |
Extinction and Patterns of Evolution / Unit 6: |
Background to Human Evolution / Part 2: |
Dating Methods / Unit 7: |
Systematics: Morphological and Molecular / Unit 8: |
Science of Burial / Unit 9: |
Primate Heritage / Unit 10: |
Humans as Animals / Part 3: |
Bodies, Size, and Shape / Unit 11: |
Bodies, Brains, and Energy / Unit 12: |
Bodies, Behavior, and Social Structure / Unit 13: |
Nonhuman Models of Early Hominins / Unit 14: |
Hominin Beginnings / Part 4: |
Ape and Human Relations: Morphological and Molecular Views / Unit 15: |
Origin of the Hominoidea / Unit 16: |
Origin of Bipedalism / Unit 17: |
Jaws and Teeth / Unit 18: |
The Earliest Hominins: a History of Discoveries / Unit 19: |
The Hominin Adaptation / Part 5: |
The Australopithecines / Unit 20: |
Early Homo / Unit 21: |
Hominin Relations / Unit 22: |
Early Tool Technologies / Unit 23: |
Homo Erectus: Biology and Behavior / Part 6: |
The Changing Position of Homo erectus / Unit 24: |
New Technologies / Unit 25: |
Hunter or Scavenger? / Unit 26: |
The Origin of Modern Humans / Part 7: |
The Neanderthal Enigma / Unit 27: |
Anatomical Evidence / Unit 28: |
Genetic Evidence / Unit 29: |
Archeological Evidence / Unit 30: |
The Human Milieu / Part 8: |
Evolution of the Brain, Intelligence, and Consciousness / Unit 31: |
The Evolution of Language / Unit 32: |
Art in Prehistory / Unit 33: |
New Worlds / Part 9: |
The Americas and Australia / Unit 34: |
The Origin of Agriculture and the First Villagers / Unit 35: |
Glossary |
Index |
Preface |
Human Evolution in Perspective / Part 1: |
Our Place in Nature / Unit 1: |
Human Evolution as Narrative / Unit 2: |
Historical Views / Unit 3: |
Modern Evolutionary Theory / Unit 4: |