The history of our tribe, Hominini /
"Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The Evolution of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past an...
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Geneseo, NY :
Open SUNY Textbooks,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- About the Book
- Reviewer's Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: An Introduction to Paleoanthropology
- 1. Paleoanthropology
- 2. Primate Classification
- 3. Primate Evolution
- 4. Primate Social Organization
- 5. What is a Hominim
- Part II: Miocene Epoch
- 6. Sahelanthropus tchadensis
- 7. Orrorin tugenensis
- 8. Ardipithecus ramidus, Ardipithecus kadabba
- Part III: Pliocene Epoch
- 9. Gracile Australopiths
- 10. Australopithecus anamensis
- 11. Australopithecus afarensis
- 12. Australopithecus bahrelghazali
- 13. Kenyanthropus platyops
- 14. Australopithecus prometheus or africanus
- 15. Australopithecus africanus
- Part IV: Pleistocene Epoch
- 16. Paranthropines
- 17. Australopithecus/Paranthropus aethiopicus
- 18. Paranthropus boisei
- 19. Paranthropus robustus
- 20. Australopithecus garhi
- 21. Australopithecus sediba
- 22. Genus Homo
- 23. Homo habilis
- 24. Homo rudolfensis
- 25. Homo species indeterminate
- 26. Homo naledi
- 27. The "erectus Grade"
- 28. Homo ergaster
- 29. Homo erectus
- 30. Homo georgicus
- 31. Homo antecessor
- 32. Homo floresiensis
- 33. Homo heidelbergensis
- 34. The Denisovans
- 35. Homo neanderthalensis
- 36. Homo sapiens
- Postscript
- Bibliography.
