Classification and Human Evolution

by Sherwood L. Washburn (Editor)

Overview

The names given to the variety of man-like fossils known to scientists should refl ectno more than scientifi c views of the nature of human evolution. However, often in the past these names have also refl ected confusion regarding the basic principles of scientifi c nomenclature; and the matter has been further complicated by the many new fi nds of recent decades. It is the unique purpose of this book to clarify the present state of knowledge regarding the main lines of human evolution by expressing what is known (and what is surmised) about them in appropriate taxonomic language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202309354
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	07/15/2007
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sherwood L. Washburn (1911-2000) was professor of physical anthropology in the University of California at Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Huxley Medal in 1967 and the American Anthropological Association Distinguished Service Award in 1983.

Table of Contents

1. George Gaylord Simpson The Meaning of Taxonomic Statements 2. L S.B. Leakey East African Fossil Hominoidea and the Classification within This Super-Family 3. Bernard Campbell Quantitative Taxonomy and Human Evolution 4. J.S. Weiner Some Considerations in the Formulation of Theories of Human Phylogeny 5. Adolph H. Schultz Age Changes, Sex Differences, and Variability as Factors in the Classification of Primates 6. Josef Biegert The Evaluation of Characteristics of the Skull 7. William L. Straus, Jr. The Classification of Oreopithecus 8. John Napier The Locomotor Functions of Hominids 9. S.L. Washburn Behavior and Human Evolution 10. Morris Goodman Man's Place in the Phylogeny of the Primates as Reflected in Serum Proteins 11. Harold P. Klinger, John L. Hamerton, David Mutton , and Ernst M. Lang The Chromosomes of the Hominoidea 12. Emile Zuckerkandl Perspectives in Molecular Anthropology 13. K.R.L. Hall Some Problems in the Analysis and Comparison of Monkey and Ape Behavior 14. Irven DeVore A Comparison of the Ecology and Behavior of Monkeys and Apes 15. Anne Roe Psychological Definitions of Man 16. Ernst Mayr The Taxonomic Evaluation of Fossil Hominids 17. Theodosius Dobzhansky Genetic Entities in Hominid Evolution

Editorial Reviews

An important contribution, for clarification of the language by which the history of life is recounted must remain of fundamental importance as long as men wish to speak about the substrate from which they arose.”—E. L. Simons, Science

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