An ape's view of human evolution / Peter Andrews.

"Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrews, Peter, 1940- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Human evolution.
Primates > Evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Paleontology > Miocene.
Physical anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical.
Miocene Geologic Epoch.
Paleontology.
From 10 to 25 million years ago
Physical Description:xvi, 309 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How can we recognise common ancestors?
  • Morphology and behaviour of living apes
  • Human and ape phylogenies
  • Review of fossil apes
  • Structure and composition of ape environments
  • Environmental indicators
  • The view from the early Miocene
  • The environment in the early Miocene
  • The view from the middle Miocene
  • Specialized apes from the middle Miocene
  • The environment during the middle Miocene
  • A second view from Europe
  • The environment in Europe
  • Late Miocene to Pleistocene apes
  • Apes, hominins and environment in the late Miocene
  • Putting together the evidence
  • An ape's view of human evolution.