Wiley-Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1051

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Not so long ago, all a student studying human evolution needed was a familiarity with the relatively sparse fossil record and what limited information there was about the context of the sites, a basic knowledge of gross anatomy and archeology, and an understanding of simple analytical methods. Times have changed. The fossil record has grown exponentially, imaging techniques have advanced dramatically, quantitative methods have burgeoned, and molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of genetics, evolutionary history, and development. Added to this are advances in the archeological, biological, and earth sciences that help interpret the context of the fossil evidence and reconstruct behavior. But presently there is nowhere students of human evolution cna easily find out about topics as disparate as ameloblast, Coopers Cave, daily secretion rate, the effect hypothesis, homeobox genes, insolation, phylogenetically independent contrasts, quantitative trait locus, semicircular canals, and tephrostratigraphy. The Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution contains upwards of 2500 entries, all drafted with an eye on the student user. It is an indispensable source for those studying human evolution.

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CONTENTS

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WILEY-BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

HOMININ FOSSIL ABBREVIATIONS

A

a

abductor

abiotic

absolute dating

acceleration

accessory cusp

accretion model

Aché

Acheulean

Acheulian

actualistic studies

adaptation

adaptive radiation

adaptive strategy

adductor

aDNA

adolescence

aeolian

Afar Rift System

aff.

affinity

Afro-European hypothesis

age estimate

agenesis

Ailuropoda-Stegodon

fauna

Ain Hanech

A.L. 288-1

A.L. 444-2a–h

A.L. 666-1

ALA-VP-2/10

albumin

Alcelaphini

allele

Allen’s Rule

allometry

allopatric speciation

allopatry

alluvial

alpha taxonomy

altricial

Alu repeat elements

alveolar process

alveolus

ameloblast

amelogenesis

amino acid

amino acid racemization

amino acid racemization dating

AMS radiocarbon dating

Amud

anagenesis

analogous

analogue

analysis of covariance

analysis of variance

anatomical position

anatomical terminology

ancient DNA

Andresen lines

Anglian

anisotropy

ANOVA

antelope

anterior teeth

anthropogenic bone modification

anthropoid

antibody

anticline

anticodon

antigen

Antilopini

antimere

anvil

apatite

ape

apical tuft

apomorphic

appendicular skeleton

appositional enamel

appositional growth

approximal wear

aptation

Arago

aragonite

Aramis

40

Ar/

39

Ar

ARA-VP-6/1

ARA-VP-6/500

ARA-VP-7/2

arboreal

arboreality

Arcy-sur-Cure

Ardipithecus

White et al., 1995

Ardipithecus kadabba

Haile-Selassie, 2001

Ardipithecus ramidus

(White et al., 1994) White et al., 1995

argon-argon dating

armature

art

artifact

Artiodactyla

Asa Issie

ascertainment bias

As Duma

assemblage

assimilation model

associated skeleton

astronomical theory

astronomical time scale

Atapuerca

atavism

ATD6-1–12

ATE9-1

Aterian

attrition

auditory ossicles

auditory tube

Aurignacian

Australasian strewn-field tektites

australopith

australopithecine

Australopithecus

Dart, 1925

Australopithecus aethiopicus

(Arambourg and Coppens, 1968)

Australopithecus afarensis

Johanson, 1978

Australopithecus africanus

Dart, 1925

Australopithecus anamensis

Leakey et al., 1995

Australopithecus bahrelghazali

Brunet et al., 1996

Australopithecus boisei

(Leakey, 1959)

Australopithecus garhi

Asfaw et al., 1999

Australopithecus ramidus

White et al., 1994

Berger et al., 2010