| Description |
xi, 313 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm |
| Series |
BAR international series ; 1176 |
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BAR international series ; 1176
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| Contents |
Introduction and methods: brief historical perspectives, tempo and mode - phyletic gradualism vs punctuated equilibrium; Morphological relationships - cladisitics vs phenetics; methods and data -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- North Africa -- Western Asia -- Europe -- Australasia -- East Asia |
| Summary |
Includes a chapter on Australia, with discussion of late Pleistocene skeletal material from the Willandra Lakes, Kow Swamp and Coobool Creek collections; Lake Mungo; Lake Garnpung; discusses the two evolution theories for Australia - 'the replacement hypothesis' and ' the regional continuity hypothesis'; describes regional features |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-299) |
| Subject |
Anatomy, Comparative.
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Fossil hominids.
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Homo erectus.
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Analysis.
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Morphology.
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Paleoanthropology.
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Prehistoric peoples.
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| ISBN |
1841713449 |
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