BookWinfried Henke, Ian Tattersall, eds. ; in collaboration with Thorolf Hardt.
Contents:
v. 1. Principles, methods and approaches. Historical overview of paleoanthropological research / Winifried Henke
Evolutionary theory in philosophical focus / Philippe Huneman
The ontogeny-phylogeny nexus in a nutshell : implications for primatology and paleoanthropology / Peter R. Menke
Principles of taxonomy and classification : current procedures for naming and classifying organisms / Michael Ohl
Quantitative approaches to phylogenetics / Kaila E. Folinsbee ... [et al]
Homology : a philosophical and biological perspective / Olivier Rieppel
Taphonomic and diagenetic processes / Gisela Grupe
Archeology / Miriam N. Haidle
Contribution of stable light isotopes to paleoenvironmental reconstruction / Julia Lee-Thorp, Matt Sponheimer
Chronometric methods in paleoanthropology / Gunther A. Wagner
Geological background of early hominid sites in Africa / Ottmar Kullmer
Paleoclimate / Keith Alverson
Paleosols / Gregory Retallack
Quaternary deposits and paleosites / Klaus-Dieter Jager
Zoogeography : primate and early hominin distribution and migration patterns / Alan Turner, Hannah O'Regan
Patterns of diversification and extinction / Walter Etter
Paleoecology : an adequate window on the past? / Thorolf Hardt, Britta Hardt, Peter R. Menke
Hominin paleodiets : the contribution of stable isotopes / Matt Sponheimer, Julia Lee-Thorp
Estimation of basic life history data of fossil hominoids / Helmut Hemmer
Population genetics and paleoanthropology / John H. Relethford
Ancient DNA / Susanne Hummel
Paleodemography of extinct hominin populations / Janet Monge, Alan Mann
Modeling the past : the primatological approach / R.W. Sussman, Donna Hart
Modeling the past : the paleoethnological evidence / Paolo Biagi
Modeling the past : the linguistic approach / Bernard Comrie
General principles of evolutionary morphology / Gabriele A. Macho
Computer-based reconstruction : technical aspects and applications / Lilian Ulhaas
Prospects and pitfalls / Jean-Jacques Hublin
v. 2. Primate evolution and human origins. Primate origins and supraordinal relationships : morphological evidence / Mary T. Silcox ... [et. al]
Molecular evidence on primate origins and evolution / Hans Zischler
Fossil record of the primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene / D. Tab Rasmussen
Fossil record of Miocene hominoids / David R. Begun
The biotic environments of the late Miocene hominids / Jordi Agusti
Postcranial and locomotor adaptations of hominoids / Carol V. Ward
Hominoid cranial diversity and adaptation / Alan Bilsborough, Todd C. Rae
Dental adaptations of African apes / Mark F. Teaford, Peter S. Ungar
Evolution of the primate brain / Dean Falk
Primate life histories / Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel
The biology and evolution of ape and monkey feeding / Joanna E. Lambert
Great ape social systems / Angela Meder
Primate intelligence / Richard W. Byrne
Chimpanzee hunting behavior / Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher
Cooperation, coalition, alliances / Charlotte K. Hemelrijk, Jutta Steinhauser
v. 3. Phylogeny of hominids. Potential hominoid ancestors for Hominidae / George D. Koufos
Defining Hominidae / Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Origins of Homininae and putative selection pressures acting on the early hominins / Boguslaw Pawlowski
Role of environmental stimuli in hominid origins / Elisabeth S. Vrba
The origins of bipedal locomotion / William E.H. Harcourt-Smith
The earliest putative hominids / Brigitte Senut
The species and diversity of Australopiths / William H. Kimbel
Defining the genus Homo / Mark Collard, Bernard Wood
The earliest putative Homo fossils / Friedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer, Timothy Bromage
Homo ergaster and its contemporaries / Ian Tattersall
Defining Homo erectus : size considered / Susan C. Anton ... [et. al]
Later middle Pleistocene Homo / G. Philip Rightmire
Neanderthals and their contemporaries / Katerina Harvati
Origin of modern humans / Gunter Brauer
Analyzing hominid phylogeny / David Strait, Frederick E. Grine, John G. Fleagle
Phylogenetic relationships (Biomolecules) / Todd R. Disotell
Population biology and population genetics of Pleistocene hominins / Alan R. Templeton
Species concepts and speciation : facts and fantasies / Colin Groves
Human environmental impact in the Paleolithic and Neolithic / Wolfgang Nentwig
The dentition of American Indians : evolutionary results and demographic implications following colonization from Siberia / Christy G. Turner II, G. Richard Scott
Overview of Paleolithic archeology / Nicholas Toth, Kathy Schick
The network of brain, body, language, and culture / Steven Mithen
Cultural evolution in Africa and Eurasia during the middle and late Pleistocene / Nicholas Conrad
Paleoanthropology and the foundation of ethics : methodological remarks on the problem of criteriology / Mathias Gutmann, Michael Weingarten.