Neanderthals revisited : new approaches and perspectives

Weitere Verfasser: Harrison, Terry
Harvati, Katerina
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, 2006.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology
The Max-Planck-Institute subseries in human evolution
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Neanderthals revisited / K. Harvati and T. Harrison
  • The distinctiveness and systematic context of Homo neanderthalensis / I. Tattersall and J.H. Schwartz
  • Saccopastore 1 : the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium / E. Bruner and G. Manzi
  • Inquiries into Neanderthal craniofacial development and evolution : "accretion" versus "organismic" models / A. Rosas ... [et al.]
  • Neanderthals and modern humans - chimps and bonobos : similarities and differences in development and evolution / M.S. Ponce de Leon and C.P.E. Zollikofer
  • Cranial growth models : heterochrony, heterotopy, and the kinematics of ontogeny / C.P.E. Zollikofer and M.S. Ponce de Leon
  • Bioenergetic perspectives on Neanderthal thermoregulatory and activity budgets / S.E. Churchill
  • How different were Neanderthals' habitual activities? A comparative analysis with diverse groups of recent humans / O.M. Pearson, R.M. Cordero and A.M. Busby
  • ^Neanderthal hands in their proper perspective / W.A. Niewoehner
  • Did Neanderthals make the Chatelperronian assemblage from La Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, France)? / S.E. Bailey and J.-J. Hublin
  • The fate of European Neanderthals : results and perspectives from ancient DNA analyses / D. Serre and S. Paabo
  • Selection on mitochondrial DNA and the Neanderthal problem / J. Hawks
  • Reliability of cranial morphology in reconstructing Neanderthal phylogeny / K. Harvati and T.D. Weaver
  • Non-metric variation in recent humans as a model for understanding Neanderthal-early modern human differences : just how "unique" are Neanderthal unique traits / J.C.M. Ahern
  • Earliest Upper Paleolithic crania from Mladec, Czech Republic, and the question of Neanderthal-modern continuity : metrical evidence from the fronto-facial region / G. Brauer, H. Broeg and C.B. Stringer
  • Neanderthals and modern humans : an example of a mammalian syngameon? / T.W. Holliday
  • ^Speciation by distance and temporal overlap : a new approach to understanding Neanderthal evolution / J.-L. Voisin
  • The Neanderthal-H. sapiens interface in Eurasia / C.B. Stringer.