Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils: Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations

Begun, David R.; Carol V. Ward; and Michael D. Rose (editors)

ISBN 10: 0306454572 / ISBN 13: 9780306454578

Verlag: Plenum Press, New York, 1997

Beschreibung

18 papers. 424 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover (no jacket, probably as issued). Stamped "review copy" at the front.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 307964

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils: Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations
• Verlag: Plenum Press, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0306454572
• ISBN-13: 9780306454578
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Evolution
  • Paleontology
  • SCIENCES

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Inhaltsangabe

An insightful new work, Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils integrates two practices in paleobiology which are often separated - functional and phylogenetic analysis. The book summarizes the evidence on paleoenvironments at the most important Miocene hominoid sites and relates it to the pertinent fossil record. The contributors present the most up-to-date statements on the functional anatomy and likely behavior of the best known hominoids of this crucial period of ape and human evolution. A key feature is a comprehensive table listing 240 characteristics among 13 genera of living and extinct hominoids.