The human lineage
By: Matthew Cartmill, Fred Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Fred H.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 609
ISBN-13: 9780471214915
Subjects: Fossil hominids; Human evolution
Description: "The Human Lineage focuses on the last ten million years of human history, from the hominoid radiations of the Miocene to the emergence and diversification of modern humanity. It draws upon the fossil record to shed light on the scientific issues, principles, methods, and history of paleoanthropology. Its chapters cover historical geology, evolutionary analysis, primate origins and evolution, and the functional morphology, relationships, and adaptations of the human lineage and its side branches through the Pliocene and Pleistocene."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.