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"Out of Africa" and Human Origins
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By
David Cameron, The University of Sydney, Australia
Colin Groves, The Australian National University, Canberra
Description
Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins.
The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregional' hypothesis is examined through the functional and developmental
processes associated with the evolution of the human skull and face and focuses on the significance of the Australian record. The book
analyzes important new discoveries that have occurred recently and examines evidence that is not available elsewhere. Cameron and Groves
argue that the existing evidence supports a recent origin for modern humans from Africa. They also specifically relate these two theories
to interpretations of the origins of the first Australians. The book provides an up-to-date interpretation of the fossil, archaeological
and the molecular evidence, specifically as it relates to Asia, and Australia in particular.
Audience
Researchers, students, and the general layperson interested in evolution, primatology, or physical anthropology.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Evolution of the Miocene Great Apes
3. The Later Miocene and Early Pliocene Hominids
4. Our
Kind of Hominins
5. A Systematic Scheme for the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Hominids
6. The First African Exodus: The Emergence of
Early Homo in Europe and Asia
7. Human Evolution in the Middle Pleistocene
8. ?The Grisly Folk?: The Emergence of the Neanderthals
9. The Second African Exodus: The Emergence of Modern Humans
10. The Emergence of Modern Humans in Asia and Australia
11. Epilogue
Appendix:
Detailed Description of Characters (DWC)
References
Index
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Paperback, 400 pages, publication date: MAY-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-156933-4
ISBN-10: 0-12-156933-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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