Bernard Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Origins at George Washington University and the Smithsonian Institution in 1997
- The most up-to-date introduction to the subject available, includes Homo floresiensis (nick-named 'the Hobbit')
- Explains where modern humans fit in the Tree of Life
- Connects the fossil evidence with the genetic evidence
- Wood provides an 'insiders view' of paleoanthropology, explaining how fossils are found, analyzed, and why they are interpreted in different ways
- Includes lively sketches of the characters, past and present, in human evolution research
- Explains the functions of geochronology and paleoclimatology
This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, it also covers the latest genetic evidence about regional variations in the modern human genome that relate to our evolutionary history. Bernard Wood draws on over thirty years of experience to provide an insider's view of the field and some of the personalities in it, and demonstrates that our understanding of human evolution is critically dependent on advances in related sciences such as paleoclimatology, geochronology, systematics, genetics, and developmental biology.
發表於2024-11-07
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圖書標籤: VSI 科普 進化史 生物 Oxford 閱讀 進化人類學 演化
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評分Actually I Don't think it is simple or creative but almost mess around.
評分原以為是人類文明史,沒想到誤入考古學和生物進化學說,大量專業術語嚴重降低趣味度。行外人無法做齣評判。。
評分原以為是人類文明史,沒想到誤入考古學和生物進化學說,大量專業術語嚴重降低趣味度。行外人無法做齣評判。。
Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載