The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins [2nd ed.] 0226439631, 9780226439631

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Table of contents :
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xvii

1 Evolution, Classification, and Nomenclature 1
2 The Geologic Time Frame 19
3 Primate Evolution: Late Cretaceous to Late Miocene 62
4 The Australopithecines and Homo habilis 144
5 Evolution of the Genus Homo 255
6 The Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries 367
7 Anatomically Modern Humans 494
8 Conclusion: Anatomy, Behavior, and Modern Human Origins 580

References 597
Reference Index 745
Site Index 767
Subject Index 779

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