Human Paleobiology Paperback / softback
by Robert B. (Pennsylvania State University) Eckhardt
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of human populations, both past and present, to a range of changing environments.
It integrates evidence from studies of human adaptability, comparative primatology, and molecular genetics to document consistent measures of genetic distance between subspecies, species and other taxonomic groupings.
These findings support the interpretation of the biology of humans in terms of a smaller number of populations characterised by higher levels of genetic continuity than previously hypothesised.
Using this as a basis, Robert Eckhardt then goes on to analyse problems in human paleobiology including phenotypic differentiation, patterns of species range expansion and phyletic succession in terms of the patterns and processes still observable in extant populations.
This book will be a challenging and stimulating read for students and researchers interested in human paleobiology or evolutionary anthropology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2009
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- ISBN:9780521123853
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521123853
