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"It is a long time since I have been as enthusiastic about a book on human evolution as I am about Richard Klein's The Human Career."--Leslie Aiello, Times Higher Education Supplement

"[This book] will set a standard by which future books, setting out the course of human evolution, may measure their success."--Bobby Joe Williams, Quarterly Review of Biology

"The best introduction to the problems and data of modern palaeoanthropology yet published."--Penny Dransart, Antiquity

Overview of evolutionary process; anatomically modern hu- mans; geological time frame; evolution of behavior.

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Editorial Reviews

Jean-Jacques Hublin
If you could only have one book that deals with human evolution, this is definitely the one to choose.
— Nature
Booknews
Klein (anthro, U. of Chicago) summarizes our current knowledge and ongoing debates about human evolution from the earliest primates to modern man. Both the fossil and archaeological evidence are examined, showing the relationship between human form and behavior. A highly detailed, well-illustrated and accessible monograph. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780226439631
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • Publication date: 6/28/1999
  • Edition description: 1
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 840
  • Product dimensions: 7.30 (w) x 10.20 (h) x 1.70 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1 Evolution, Classification, and Nomenclature 1
2 The Geologic Time Frame 19
3 Primate Evolution: Late Cretaceous to Late Miocene 62
4 The Australopithecines and Homo habilis 144
5 Evolution of the Genus Homo 255
6 The Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries 367
7 Anatomically Modern Humans 494
8 Conclusion: Anatomy, Behavior, and Modern Human Origins 580
References 597
Reference Index 745
Site Index 767
Subject Index 779
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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 25, 2001

    Well-written stepping stone into more technical side of paleoanthropology

    Klein's careful examination of the existing evidence concerning hominid evolution shines through every printed word of this text. In fact, this book has oftentimes been recommended to me over Wolpoff's Paleoanthropology due to its fairly objective nature. The new edition contains an extra introductory chapter that explains and immerses the reader in the technical terminology used in referring to morphology, evolution, and geology. The section on Neanderthals and the 'cultural explosion' around 50 kya is probably the most extensive I've read so far (and this happens to be the author's own area of specialty). My only regret is that Klein did not undertake a more thorough scrutiny into early hominid evolution, especially the australopithecines. All in all, a remarkably well-written and surprisingly affordable book.

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