Human evolution : an illustrated introduction

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi PART ONE: HUMAN EVOLUTION IN PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Unit 1: Our Place in Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Unit 2: Human Evolution as Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Unit 3: Historical Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Unit 4: Modern Evolutionary Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Unit 5: The Physical Context of Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Unit 6: Extinction and Patterns of Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . .30 PART TWO: BACKGROUND TO HUMAN EVOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Unit 7: Dating Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Unit 8: Systematics: Morphological and Molecular . . . . . . .45 Unit 9: Science of Burial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Unit 10: Primate Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 PART THREE: HUMANS AS ANIMALS . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Unit 11: Bodies, Size, and Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Unit 12: Bodies, Brains, and Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Unit 13: Bodies, Behavior, and Social Structure . . . . . . . . .80 Unit 14: Nonhuman Models of Early Hominins . . . . . . . . . .87 PART FOUR: HOMININ BEGINNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Unit 15: Ape and Human Relations: Morphological and Molecular Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Unit 16: Origin of the Hominoidea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Unit 17: Origin of Bipedalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Unit 18: Jaws and Teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Unit 19: The Earliest Hominins: a History of Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121