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Humans in the Australasian Region

Author : Emily Rousham
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810230074
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Humans in the Australasian Region written by Emily Rousham and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes its subtitle from the theme of the ASHB meeting for 1995 ?Humans in the Australasian Region?. Papers from the conference include a philosophical discussion of the ?Great Ape Project? by Colin Groves, and ?An Osteological study of Holocene Biological Evolution of the Malay Peninsula Aborigines? by David Bulbeck. In the short communications section, Colin Groves considers the hominid and faunal material of the Australia-New Guinea region which may explain the failure of Homo erectus to colonize Australia.Additional papers are from Peter Lisowski who provides a historical and contemporary overview of health care in China, Lincoln Schmitt who discusses the interpretation of DNA variation in the legal setting, and Charles Oxnard and Alanah Buck who present their work on techniques of assessing osteoporosis from non-invasive Fourier analyses of bone structure.The Evolution of Modern Diversity: a Study of Cranial Variation, by Marta Mirazon Lahr, is reviewed by Leonard Freedman.

Humans in the Australasian Region

Author : Emily Rousham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810230234
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Humans in the Australasian Region written by Emily Rousham and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Perspectives In Human Biology: Humans In The Australasian Region

Author : Emily Rousham
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981449786X
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Book Synopsis Perspectives In Human Biology: Humans In The Australasian Region by : Emily Rousham

Download or read book Perspectives In Human Biology: Humans In The Australasian Region written by Emily Rousham and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-11-18 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes its subtitle from the theme of the ASHB meeting for 1995 “Humans in the Australasian Region”. Papers from the conference include a philosophical discussion of the ‘Great Ape Project’ by Colin Groves, and ‘An Osteological study of Holocene Biological Evolution of the Malay Peninsula Aborigines’ by David Bulbeck. In the short communications section, Colin Groves considers the hominid and faunal material of the Australia-New Guinea region which may explain the failure of Homo erectus to colonize Australia.Additional papers are from Peter Lisowski who provides a historical and contemporary overview of health care in China, Lincoln Schmitt who discusses the interpretation of DNA variation in the legal setting, and Charles Oxnard and Alanah Buck who present their work on techniques of assessing osteoporosis from non-invasive Fourier analyses of bone structure.The Evolution of Modern Diversity: a Study of Cranial Variation, by Marta Mirazon Lahr, is reviewed by Leonard Freedman.

Southern Asia, Australia and the Search for Human Origins

Author : Robin Dennell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017858
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Southern Asia, Australia and the Search for Human Origins written by Robin Dennell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes what is - and is not - known about the earliest evidence of our species outside Africa, from Arabia to Australia. Most books on the origins of "modern human behavior" and the expansion of our species across the world focus on evidence from Africa, Europe, and the Levant, which have been extensively researched. This book focuses instead on the important areas of southern Asia such as Arabia and India, as well as evidence from Australia, which deserve far wider attention than they have hereto received.

The Origin of Our Species

Author : Chris Stringer
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780141037202
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Our Species written by Chris Stringer and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Stringer's bestselling The Origin of our Species tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? When did humans become 'modern' - are traits such as art, technology, language, ritual and belief unique to us? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? Chris Stringer has been involved in much of the crucial research into the origins of humanity, and here he draws on a wealth of evidence - from fossils and archaeology to Charles Darwin's theories and the mysteries of ancient DNA - to reveal the definitive story of where we came from, how we lived, how we got here and who we are. 'A new way of defining us and our place in history' Sunday Times 'When it comes to human evolution Chris Stringer is as close to the horse's mouth as it gets ... The Origin of Our Species should be the one-stop source on the subject. Read it now' BBC Focus 'Britain's foremost expert on human evolution ... you need a primer to make sense of the story so far. Here is that book' Guardian 'Combines anecdote and speculation with crisp explanation of the latest science in the study of the first humans ... an engaging read' New Scientist Chris Stringer is Britain's foremost expert on human origins and works in the Department of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum. He also currently directs the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project, aimed at reconstructing the first detailed history of how and when Britain was occupied by early humans. His previous books include African Exodus- The Origins of Modern Humanity, The Complete World of Human Evolutionand most recently, Homo Britannicus, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book of the Year in 2007.

Whitcombe's Human Geography Reader

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Whitcombe's Human Geography Reader written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Desert Peoples

Author : Peter Veth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405137533
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Desert Peoples written by Peter Veth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archaeological and anthropological perspectives and includes a wide range of regional and thematic case studies. Brings together, for the first time, studies from deserts as diverse as the sand dunes of Australia, the U.S. Great Basin, the coastal and high altitude deserts of South America, and the core deserts of Africa Examines the key concepts vital to understanding human adaptation to marginal landscapes and the behavioral and belief systems that underpin them Explores the relationship among desert hunter-gatherers, herders, and pastoralists

Archaeology of Ancient Australia

Author : Peter Hiscock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134304404
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of Ancient Australia written by Peter Hiscock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hiscock presents an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the 18th century AD.

Australia: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Kenneth Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199589933
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Australia: A Very Short Introduction written by Kenneth Morgan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia; examining the main features of its history, geography, and culture and drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life and its indigenous population and culture.

Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America

Author : Martin Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134591969
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America written by Martin Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the four 'New World' countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States - this book explores key themes and issues in indigenous mobility.

Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds

Author : Stephen Debus
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486306934
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds written by Stephen Debus and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eagles are awe-inspiring birds that have influenced much human endeavour. Australia is home to three eagle species, and in Melanesia there are four additional endemic species. A further three large Australian hawks are eagle-like. Eagles, being at the top of the food chain, are sensitive ecological barometers of human impact on the Earth’s ecosystem services, and all of the six Australian species covered in this book are threatened in at least some states (one also nationally). Three of the four Melanesian tropical forest endemics are threatened or near-threatened. In Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds, Dr Stephen Debus provides a 25-year update of knowledge on these 10 species as a supplement to the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) and recent global treatises, based partly on his own field studies. Included are the first nest or prey records for some Melanesian species. This book places the Australasian species in their regional and global context, reviews their population status and threats, provides new information on their ecology, and suggests what needs to be done in order to ensure the future of these magnificent birds. Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds is an invaluable resource for raptor biologists, birdwatchers, wildlife rescuers and carers, raptor rehabilitators and zookeepers.

Pictures of Time Beneath

Author : Kirsty Douglas
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643101942
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Pictures of Time Beneath written by Kirsty Douglas and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales. It offers philosophical insights into significant issues of heritage management, our relationship with Australian landscapes, and an original perspective on our understanding of place, time, nation and science. Glaciers in Adelaide, cow-sized wombats, monster kangaroos, desert dunes littered with freshwater mussels, ancient oases and inland seas: a diverse group of deep-time imaginings is the subject of this ground-breaking book. Ideas about a deep past in Australia are central to broader issues of identity, belonging, uniqueness, legitimacy and intellectual community. This journey through Australia’s natural histories examines the way landscapes and landforms are interpreted to realise certain visions of the land, the nation and the past in the context of contemporary notions of geological heritage, cultural property, cultural identity and antiquity.

The Future Eaters

Author : Tim Fridtjof Flannery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781877069284
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book The Future Eaters written by Tim Fridtjof Flannery and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first brave adventurer left the great Afro-Asian homeland to travel down the long chain of islands to Australasia, human beings have consumed the resources they would need for their own future. Aborigines, Maoris and other Polynesian peoples were the world's original future eaters. They changed the flora and fauna in ways that now seem inconceivable. Europeans have made an even greater impact. Today future eating is a universal occupation. This ground-breaking ecological history of Australasia will enrich the understanding of anyone who wonders what the future holds for humanity. Over 100,000 copies sold !!! Dr Tim Flannery, Director of the Museum of South Australia has received international acclaim as a mammologist and paleontologist, but in recent years he has become better known as an author and speaker with controversial ideas on conservation, the environment and population control.

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers

Author : Vicki Cummings
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191025275
Total Pages : 1361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers written by Vicki Cummings and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 1361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations - all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges. The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.

A Fragile Balance

Author : Chris R. Dickman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226146300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book A Fragile Balance written by Chris R. Dickman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The extraordinary story of these fascinating animals, A Fragile Balance, provides up-to-date information on marsupials without losing sight of the unique set of circumstances that led them to diversify Down Under. Covering all marsupial species in Australia, the book uses an evolutionary and natural history framework to interpret their biological traits. The general chapters on biology, evolution, natural history, cultural history and conservation are bounded by feature treatments of six species of note. A Fragile Balance is the first book to emphasize interactions among marsupials, and between marsupials and their environment, as well as between humans and marsupials. The text is completed by accounts of all known species, each including a basic biological and ecological description, a range map and a measure of conservation status."--BOOK JACKET.

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080449107
Total Pages : 10985 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 10985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world. This groundbreaking project covers every field of human geography and the discipline’s relationships to other disciplines, and is global in scope, involving an international set of contributors. Given its broad, inclusive scope and unique online accessibility, it is anticipated that the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography will become the major reference work for the discipline over the coming decades. The Encyclopedia will be available in both limited edition print and online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/ref_works/coming/ Available online on ScienceDirect and in limited edition print format Broad, interdisciplinary coverage across human geography: Philosophy, Methods, People, Social/Cultural, Political, Economic, Development, Health, Cartography, Urban, Historical, Regional Comprehensive and unique - the first of its kind in human geography

Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans

Author : Alberto A. Guglielmone
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319955527
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans written by Alberto A. Guglielmone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ticks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents pathogenic to humans. Of the 729 currently recognized hard tick species, 283 (39%) have been implicated as human parasites, but the literature on these species is both immense and scattered, with the result that health professionals are often unable to determine whether a particular tick specimen, once identified, represents a species that is an actual or potential threat to its human host. In this book, two leading tick specialists provide a list of the species of Ixodidae that have been reported to feed on humans, with emphasis on their geographical distribution, principal hosts, and the tick life history stages associated with human parasitism. Also included is a discussion of 21 ixodid species that, while having been found on humans, are either not known to have actually fed or may have been misidentified. Additionally, 107 tick names that have appeared in papers on tick parasitism of humans, and that might easily confuse non-taxonomists, are shown to be invalid under the rules of zoological nomenclature. Although the species of ticks that attack humans have long attracted the attention of researchers, few comprehensive studies of these species have been attempted. By gleaning and analyzing the results of over 1,100 scientific papers published worldwide, the authors have provided an invaluable survey of hard tick parasitism that is unprecedented in its scope and detail.