Ideas on Human Evolution: Selected Essays, 1949–1961

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Ideas on Human Evolution

Selected Essays, 1949–1961

Edited by: William Howells

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1962

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Howells William White :

William White Howells was Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.

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Preface
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The Study of Evolution: Methods and Present Status of Theory
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George Gaylord Simpson

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Evolution at Work
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Theodosius Dobzhansky

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The Physical Distinctions of Man
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Adolph H. Schultz

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The Riddle of Man's Ancestry
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William L. Straus

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The Bearing of the Australopithecinae Upon the Problem of Man's Place in Nature
105
William X. Gregory

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On the Relationships of Early Primates
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Fredrik Barth

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The Geologic History of Nοn-Hominid Primates in the Old World
137
Bryan Palterson

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The Analysis of Primate Evolution with Particular Reference to the Origin of Man
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S.L. Washburn

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On the Earliest Phase of Hominid Evolution
172
Emil Вreitinger

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The Subhuman Evolutionary History of Man
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Gerhard Weherer

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Taxonomic Categories in Fossil Hominids
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Ernst Mayr

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Prehominid Dentition and Hominid Evolution
257
J. T. Robinson

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The Genera and Species of the Australopithecinae
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J. T. Robinson

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The Australopithecines and Their Bearing on the Origin of Man and of Stone Tool-Making
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J. T. Robinson

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The Hominization of the Masticatory Apparatus, and Modifications of Diet
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G. H. R. Von Koenigswald

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Morphological and Phylogenetic Problems of Taxonomy in Relation to Hominid Evolution
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W. E. Le Gros Clark

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Вones of Contention
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W. E. Le Gros Clark

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Statistics of Discrimination in Anthropology
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J. Bronowski and W. M. Long

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Ecology and the Protohominids
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George A. Bartholomew and Joseph B. Birdsell

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The Villafranchian and Human Origins
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F. Clark Howell

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Tools Makyth Man
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Kenneth Oakley

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On the Phyletic Evolution of Homo sapiens
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Emil Breitinger

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A Reconsideration of Some Mandibular Profiles
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L. H. Wells

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Interpretations of the Fossil Material
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Franz Weidenreich

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The Origin of Homo sapiens
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Henri-V. Vallois

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The Neanderthal Palaeanthropi in Italy
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Sergio Sergi

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Morphological Position of the "Prophaneranthropi" (Swanscombe and Fontéchevade)
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Sergio Sergi

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The Pattern of Evolutionary Development of the Genus Homo
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J. S. Weiner

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Bibliography
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Human beings -- Origin.; Biological Evolution.

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Ideas on Human Evolution

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

The Study of Evolution: Methods and Present Status of Theory

Evolution at Work

The Physical Distinctions of Man

The Riddle of Man's Ancestry

The Bearing of the Australopithecinae Upon the Problem of Man's Place in Nature

On the Relationships of Early Primates

The Geologic History of Nοn-Hominid Primates in the Old World

The Analysis of Primate Evolution with Particular Reference to the Origin of Man

On the Earliest Phase of Hominid Evolution

The Subhuman Evolutionary History of Man

Taxonomic Categories in Fossil Hominids

Prehominid Dentition and Hominid Evolution

The Genera and Species of the Australopithecinae

The Australopithecines and Their Bearing on the Origin of Man and of Stone Tool-Making

The Hominization of the Masticatory Apparatus, and Modifications of Diet

Morphological and Phylogenetic Problems of Taxonomy in Relation to Hominid Evolution

Вones of Contention

Statistics of Discrimination in Anthropology

Ecology and the Protohominids

The Villafranchian and Human Origins

Tools Makyth Man

On the Phyletic Evolution of Homo sapiens

A Reconsideration of Some Mandibular Profiles

Interpretations of the Fossil Material

The Origin of Homo sapiens

The Neanderthal Palaeanthropi in Italy

Morphological Position of the "Prophaneranthropi" (Swanscombe and Fontéchevade)

The Pattern of Evolutionary Development of the Genus Homo

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