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基本説明
ヒトの進化に関する多面的な内容を詳述する総括的なレファレンス。人類の起源と進化の研究における権威である古人類学者バーナード・ウッド編纂。アルファベット順に500項目以上を収録し、現代の人類と類人猿との行動学的な差異を調査するための最新の科学的研究手法、現代の人類の起源と進化についての最新発見の成果を記述。更に、進化の過程とパターンの研究における、最新の分子、発生生物学的アプローチや、化石および考古学的記録、気候および生態学的データも含む。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2011. This comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of important scientific terms related to improving our understanding of how we evolved. Specifically, the 5,000 entries cover evidence and methods used to investigate the relationships among the living great apes, evidence about what makes the behavior of modern humans distinctive, and evidence about the evolutionary history of that distinctiveness, as well as information about modern methods used to trace the recent evolutionary history of modern human populations. This text provides a resource for everyone studying the emergence of Homo sapiens.
Full Description
This comprehensive A to Z encyclopedia provides extensive coverage of important scientific terms related to improving our understanding of how we evolved. Specifically, the 5,000 entries in this two-volume set cover evidence and methods used to investigate the relationships among the living great apes, evidence about what makes the behavior of modern humans distinctive, and evidence about the evolutionary history of that distinctiveness, as well as information about modern methods used to trace the recent evolutionary history of modern human populations. This text provides a resource for everyone studying the emergence of Homo sapiens.
Visit the companion site www.woodhumanevolution.com to browse additional references and updates from this comprehensive encyclopedia.
Contents
Contributors vii
Editor
Executive Editor
Assistant Executive Editor
Senior Editorial Assistant
Editorial Assistant
Associate Editors
Advisory Editors
Section and Topic Editors
Contributors
Foreword by Francisco J. Ayala xi
Preface xviii
Acknowledgments xxi
Topic Entry List xxiii
List of Abbreviations lxxvii
A-Z 1
References i