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How Humans Evolved, 5e Ebook

Preface

Prologue: Why Study Human Evolution?

Part One: How Evolution Works

  • Chapter 1: Adaptation by Natural Selection
  • Chapter 2: Genetics
  • Chapter 3: The Modern Synthesis
  • Chapter 4: Speciation and Phylogeny

Part two: Primate Ecology and Behavior

  • Chapter 5: Primate Diversity and Ecology
  • Chapter 6: Primate Mating Systems
  • Chapter 7: The Evolution of Cooperation
  • Chapter 8: Primate Life Histories and the Evolution of Intelligence

Part Three: The History of the Human Lineage

  • Chapter 9: From Tree Shrew to Ape
  • Chapter 10: From Hominoid to Hominin
  • Chapter 11: Oldowan Toolmakers and the Origin of Human Life History
  • Chapter 12: From Hominin to Homo
  • Chapter 13:Homo sapiens and the Evolution of Modern Human Behavior

Part Four: Evolution and Modern Humans

  • Chapter 14: Human Genetic Variation
  • Chapter 15: Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Chapter 16: Human Mate Choice and Parenting

Epilogue: There Is Grandeur in This View of Life…

  • Appendix: The Skeletal Anatomy of Primates
  • Glossary
  • Credits
  • Index

 

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