Primate and Human Evolution (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)
Cambridge University Press, 5/27/2021
EAN 9781108949439, ISBN10: 1108949436
Paperback, 488 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Primate and Human Evolution provides a synthesis of the evolution and adaptive significance of human anatomical, physiological and behavioral traits. Using paleontology and modern human variation and biology, it compares hominid traits to those of other catarrhine primates both living and extinct, presenting a new hominization model that does not depend solely on global climate change, but on predictable trends observed in catarrhines. Dealing with the origins of hominid tool use and tool manufacture, it compares tool behavior in other animals and incorporates information from the earliest archaeological record. Examining the use of non-human primates and other mammals in modeling the origins of early human social behavior, Susan Cachel argues that human intelligence does not arise from complex social interactions, but from attentiveness to the natural world. This book will be a rich source of inspiration for all those interested in the evolution of all primates, including ourselves.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. A brief history of primatology and human evolution
3. The catarrhine fossil record
4. Primate speciation and exstinction
5. Anatomical primatology
6. Captive studies of non-human primates
7. What can non-human primate anatomy, physiology, and development reveal about human evolution?
8. Natural history intelligence and human evolution
9. Why be social? - the advantages and disadvantages of social life
10. Evolution and behaviour
11. The implications of body size for evolutionary ecology
12. The nature of the fossil record
13. The bipedal breakthrough
14. The hominid radiation
15. Modelling human evolution
16. Archaeological evidence and models of human evolution
17. What does evolutionary anthropology reveal about human evolution?
18. Final thoughts on primate and human evolution.