How humans evolved. /
Boyd, Robert
How humans evolved. / Robert, Boyd and Joan B. Silk - 3rd ed. - New York: Norton, c2003. - xxiii,545p.+various pagings : ill.;
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Contents: How evolution works -- Adaptation by natural selection -- Genetics -- The modern synthesis -- Speciation and phylogeny -- Primate ecology and behavior: Introduction to the primates -- Primate ecology -- Primate mating system -- The evolution of social behavior -- Primate intelligence -- The history of human lineage: From shrew to ape -- From hominoid to hominid -- Oldowan toolmakers and the origin of human life history -- From hominid to homo -- Homosapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior -- The evolution of language -- Evolution and modern humans -- Human genetic diversity -- Evolution and the human life cycle -- Evolution and the human behavior -- Human mate choice and parenting -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Credits -- Permissions acknowledgements -- Index..
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GN281.B66
How humans evolved. / Robert, Boyd and Joan B. Silk - 3rd ed. - New York: Norton, c2003. - xxiii,545p.+various pagings : ill.;
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Contents: How evolution works -- Adaptation by natural selection -- Genetics -- The modern synthesis -- Speciation and phylogeny -- Primate ecology and behavior: Introduction to the primates -- Primate ecology -- Primate mating system -- The evolution of social behavior -- Primate intelligence -- The history of human lineage: From shrew to ape -- From hominoid to hominid -- Oldowan toolmakers and the origin of human life history -- From hominid to homo -- Homosapiens and the evolution of modern human behavior -- The evolution of language -- Evolution and modern humans -- Human genetic diversity -- Evolution and the human life cycle -- Evolution and the human behavior -- Human mate choice and parenting -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Credits -- Permissions acknowledgements -- Index..
0393978540
GN281.B66