In this new fourth edition, Campbell has revised and updated
his classic introduction to the field. "Human Evolution
"synthesizes the major findings of modern research and theory and
presents a complete and integrated account of the evolution of
human beings. New developments in microbiology and recent fossil
records are incorporated into the enormous range of this volume,
with the resulting text as lucid and comprehensive as earlier
editions. The fourth edition retains the thematic structure and
organization of the third, with its cogent treatment of human
variability and speciation, primate locomotion, and nonverbal
communication and the evolution of language, supported by more than
150 detailed illustrations and an expanded and updated glossary and
bibliography. As in prior editions, the book treats evolution as a
concomitant development of the main behavioral and functional
complexes of the genus "Homo" - among them motor control and
locomotion, mastication and digestion, the senses and reproduction.
It analyzes each complex in terms of its changing function, and
continually stresses how the separate complexes evolve
"interdependently" over the long course of the human journey. All
these aspects are placed within the context of contemporary
evolutionary and genetic theory, analyses of the varied extensions
of the fossil record, and contemporary primatology and comparative
morphology. The result is a primary text for undergraduate and
graduate courses, one that will also serve as required reading for
anthropologists, biologists, and nonspecialists with an interest in
human evolution.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
