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Author : Charles E. Oxnard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789622091825
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Fossils, Teeth, and Sex written by Charles E. Oxnard and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernd Würsig
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031356519
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Sex in Cetaceans written by Bernd Würsig and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in cetaceans. Authors and editors build knowledge of female and male social, mating, and parental strategies and tactics for several specific toothed dolphin/porpoise/whale species and baleen whale species. It concludes with a discussion of potential conservation efforts and ways to help especially beleaguered species and populations the world over. The volume is intended as a major primer of cetacean sex for undergraduate and graduate students, new and established researchers in the field, and the public wishing to learn more.
Author : R. V. Short
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521444118
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (441 download)
Download or read book The Differences Between the Sexes written by R. V. Short and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most animals, from bees to bison, house flies to humans, it is possible to see at a glance whether an individual is male or female. How and why have these differences in appearance and behaviour developed and what are the nature and extent of the differences between men and women? This book reviews the latest molecular, genetic, hormonal, anatomical and behavioural data in a wide range of species in a series of lively and highly readable articles from the world's leading experts in this field. Such an overview has never before been attempted. It will have a wide appeal, especially to undergraduates and graduates in the biological and medical sciences, and will help to bridge the gap between those who study genes and molecules in the laboratory and those who study the behaviour of animals in the wild.
Author : Ken McNamara
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178914289X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Dragons’ Teeth and Thunderstones written by Ken McNamara and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For at least half a million years, people have been doing some very strange things with fossils. Long before a few seventeenth-century minds started to decipher their true, organic nature, fossils had been eaten, dropped in goblets of wine, buried with the dead, and adorned bodies. What triggered such curious behavior was the belief that some fossils could cure illness, protect against being poisoned, ease the passage into the afterlife, ward off evil spirits, and even kill those who were just plain annoying. But above all, to our early prehistoric ancestors, fossils were the very stuff of artistic inspiration. Drawing on archaeology, mythology, and folklore, Ken McNamara takes us on a journey through prehistory with these curious stones, and he explores humankind’s unending quest for the meaning of fossils.
Author : Charles E. Oxnard
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622090737
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Human, Apes and Chinese Fossils written by Charles E. Oxnard and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1985-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human, Apes and Chinese Fossils: New Implications for Human Evolution The series will cover all disciplines concomitant to full University studies.
Author : Barbara D. Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521423687
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Sex and Gender Hierarchies written by Barbara D. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-02-18 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection attempts to revive a unified anthropological approach to the study of sex and gender hierarchies. Seventeen distinguished contributors - from cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and anthropological linguistics - have produced a wealth of fascinating data on human and primate, ancient and contemporary, and 'primitive' and developed societies, covering topics such as mothering and child care, work, health, intrafamily relationships, and public power. The interdisciplinary approach successfully contributes to the development of better theory and methodology in anthropology.
Author : Robert W. Sinibaldi
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813072360
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book What Your Fossils Can Tell You written by Robert W. Sinibaldi and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and fun identification manual for amateurs and professionals alike "Provides the beginning fossil vertebrate enthusiast with some valuable information about the fossils they are collecting."--Guy "Harley" Means, Florida Geological Survey "Illustrates how the dynamic story of ancient life and death and post-mortem utilization is accessible from the study of bone shapes. It is this very thing that made me want to be a paleontologist in the first place."--Pennilyn Higgins, University of Rochester Written primarily for the avid amateur and beginning paleontologist, What Your Fossils Can Tell You offers both experienced and novice fossil hunters and collectors the information needed to correctly identify and interpret the significance of their discoveries. Professionals in the field may also use this book as a pictorial resource to assist them in bridging the fields of pathology and archaeology as they relate to paleontology. Amateur fossil hunters are presented with the tools they need to recognize significant finds and knowledge of how to collect vertebrate fossils responsibly and legally. Robert Sinibaldi, in informal collaboration with a number of fossil experts, has compiled materials with a wide appeal. He explains many of the complex bumps, grooves, markings, and other anomalies that occur on fossil bones and teeth. A wealth of photographs helps readers visually identify these features and apply related concepts to their personal collections. Along with many common specimens, scores of unique fossil items appear here in print for the first time.
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Author : Charles Oxnard
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811262942
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Change And Challenge In Human Structure - Sixty Years On: From Cutting And Counting, Through Mathematics, Mechanics, Molecules And Modelling, To Brain And Behaviour! written by Charles Oxnard and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarded by many as a dead or simply dull subject, Change and Challenge in Human Structure — Sixty Years On shatters this prejudice with a series of studies that go beyond dissection and measurement and covers novel approaches to anatomical form. Award-winning anatomist Charles Oxnard takes us on an exhilarating ride: beginning with rudimentary dissections and the fascinating observation of 'missing muscles', we are led on naturally to statistical analysis of bone measurements and how they may give information about bone function. Engineering methods and pattern recognition are introduced next, as a means of studying the external shape and internal structure of bones, respectively, and their relation to mechanical function. The application of landmark analysis to anatomy, also known as geometric morphometrics, is given a full chapter treatment. Finally, Oxnard uses modelling techniques to skilfully lay out an argument for the uniqueness of human brains and new possibilities in human evolutionary theories, both past and future. This book offers nothing less than a paradigm shift in our understanding of one of the oldest fields of science, and leads us into new views of the functional, developmental, behavioural, genetic and evolutionary implications of anatomical studies.
Author : Paul D. Taylor
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345025
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book A History of Life in 100 Fossils written by Paul D. Taylor and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier natural history museums in the world, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils ahve been chosen not only for their importance in the history of life, but also because of the visual story they tell. This stunning book is perfect for all readers because its clear explanations and beautiful photographs illuminate the significance of these amazing pieces, including 500 million-year-old Burgess Shale fossils that provide a window into early animal life in the sea, insects encapsulated by amber, the first fossil bird Archaeopteryx, and the remains of our own ancestors.
Author : William H. Kimbel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489937455
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)
Download or read book Species, Species Concepts and Primate Evolution written by William H. Kimbel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world of categones devmd of spirit waits for life to return. Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift The stock-in-trade of communicating hypotheses about the historical path of evolution is a graphical representation called a phylogenetic tree. In most such graphics, pairs of branches diverge from other branches, successively marching across abstract time toward the present. To each branch is tied a tag with a name, a binominal symbol that functions as does the name given to an individual human being. On phylogenetic trees the names symbolize species. What exactly do these names signify? What kind of information is communicated when we claim to have knowledge of the following types? "Tetonius mathewzi was ancestral to Pseudotetonius ambiguus. " "The sample of fossils attributed to Homo habzlis is too variable to contain only one species. " "Interbreeding populations of savanna baboons all belong to Papio anubis. " "Hylobates lar and H. pileatus interbreed in zones of geographic overlap. " While there is nearly universal agreement that the notion of the speczes is fundamental to our understanding of how evolution works, there is a very wide range of opinion on the conceptual content and meaning of such particular statements regarding species. This is because, oddly enough, evolutionary biolo gists are quite far from agreement on what a species is, how it attains this status, and what role it plays in evolution over the long term.
Author : Rene J. Herrera
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128190876
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Sex and Cohabitation Among Early Humans written by Rene J. Herrera and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex and Cohabitation Among Early Humans: Anthropological and Genetic Evidence for Interbreeding Among Early Humans explores the available information regarding interbreeding among different ancestral human species. In addition, it reviews evidence in support of cohabitation as well as cultural and technological interactions and exchanges among early humans, particularly Neanderthal-sapiens interactions. The fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics and molecular evolution have provided a wealth of information on the complex processes involved in human evolution. The book will help readers will develop knowledge on the complexity and multiplicity of hominins, including Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, and Homo floresiensis. Moreover, the book will help them reach a greater understanding of major topics, such as introgression, migration from Africa, the origin, development and extinction of Neanderthals, interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans, and trait continuity. - Integrates genetic, evolutionary, anthropological, archaeological, anatomical, artistic and linguistic research, among other areas - Written in a simple and direct style that is accessible to readers from different backgrounds and levels of understanding - Provides an integrative and holistic overview of recent developments in research on how different interactions between ancient hominins contributed to the evolution of our species
Author : Fred Anapol
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139451561
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Shaping Primate Evolution written by Fred Anapol and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaping Primate Evolution is an edited collection of papers about how biological form is described in primate biology, and the consequences of form for function and behavior. The contributors are highly regarded internationally recognized scholars in the field of quantitative primate evolutionary morphology. Each chapter elaborates upon the analysis of the form-function-behavior triad in a unique and compelling way. This book is distinctive not only in the diversity of the topics discussed, but also in the range of levels of biological organization that are addressed from cellular morphometrics to the evolution of primate ecology. The book is dedicated to Charles E. Oxnard, whose influential pioneering work on innovative metric and analytic techniques has gone hand-in-hand with meticulous comparative functional analyses of primate anatomy. Through the marriage of theory with analytical applications, this volume will be an important reference work for all those interested in primate functional morphology.
Author : Michael A. Cremo
Publisher : Torchlight Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0892132833
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Forbidden Archeology's Impact written by Michael A. Cremo and published by Torchlight Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact of the author's controversial 1993 book Forbidden Archaeology on the scientific community.
Author : Sang-Hee Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Human Sexual Dimorphism written by Sang-Hee Lee and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Minugh-Purvis
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801867323
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Human Evolution Through Developmental Change written by Nancy Minugh-Purvis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-01-11 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects two major strands of research in the study of human heterochrony, the change in the timing and rate of development of individuals.
Author : Andrea B. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139435574
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Gorilla Biology written by Andrea B. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primate, yet are perhaps the most misunderstood great ape. Teetering on the brink of extinction, they are also of increasing conservation concern. Gorilla Biology is the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their range.
