Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds is a benchmark compendium of research that presents itself at a major paradigm shift in paleoanthropology. The editors offer a variety of theoretical approaches to puzzles on the place of the Hominidae, particul
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DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMATOLOGY: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS Series Editor: Russell H. Tuttle University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois This peer-reviewed book series will meld the facts of organic diversity with the continuity of the evolutionary process. The volumes in this series will exemplify the diversity of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches currently employed by primatologists and physical anthropologists. Specific coverage includes: primate behavior in natural habitats and captive settings; primate ecology and conservation; functional morphology and developmental biology of primates; primate systematics; genetic and phenotypic differences among living primates; and paleoprimatology. ALL APES GREAT AND SMALL VOLUME 1: AFRICAN APES Edited by Birute M. F. Galdikas, Nancy Erickson Briggs, Lori K. Sheeran, Gary L. Shapiro and Jane Goodall THE GUENONS: DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATION IN AFRICAN MONKEYS Edited by Mary E. Glenn and Marina Cords ANIMAL BODIES, HUMAN MINDS: APE, DOLPHIN, AND PARROT LANGUAGE SKILLS William A. Hillix and Duane M. Rumbaugh COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE COGNITION: ARE PRIMATES SUPERIOR TO NON-PRIMATES Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan ANTHROPOID ORIGINS: NEW VISIONS Callum F. Ross and Richard F. Kay MODERN MORPHOMETRICS IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Edited by Dennis E. Slice NURSERY REARING OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by Gene P. Sackett, Gerald Ruppenthal and Kate Elias BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY IN PRIMATES: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Clara B. Jones NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF MESOAMERICAN PRIMATES DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND CONSERVATION Edited by Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Mary Pavetra, and Leandra Luecke HUMAN ORIGINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS Edited by Hidemi Ishida, Russell Tuttle, Martin Pickford, Naomichi Ogihara and Masato Nakatsukasa
HUMAN ORIGINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS
Edited by
Hidemi Ishida University of Shiga Prefecture Shiga, Japan
Russell Tuttle University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
Martin Pickford Coll`ege de France Paris, France
Naomichi Ogihara Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
Masato Nakatsukasa Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
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Proceedings of the 2003 symposium,“Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds,” held in Kyoto, Japan, March 20–22, 2003. ISBN-10: 0-387-29638-7 ISBN-13: 978-0387-29638-8
eISBN: 0-387-29798-7 Printed on acid-free paper.
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PREFACE
Recent advances in fossil studies relating to the origin of H
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