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      Classification and Human Evolution

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      Classification and Human Evolution book

      Edited BySherwood L. Washburn
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1963
      eBook Published 30 September 2013
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315018010
      Pages 384
      eBook ISBN 9781315018010
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Washburn, S.L. (Ed.). (1963). Classification and Human Evolution (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315018010

      ABSTRACT

      This volume reviews the meaning of taxonomic statements and considers our present knowledge regarding the number and characteristics of species among living and extinct primates, including man and his ancestors. They also examine the relationship of behaviour changes and selection pressures in evolutionary sequences.
      First published in 1964.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |31 pages

      The Meaning of Taxonomic Statements

      chapter |18 pages

      East African Fossil Hominoidea and the Classification Within this Super-Family

      chapter |25 pages

      Quantitative Taxonomy and Human Evolution

      chapter |10 pages

      Some Considerations in the Formulation of Theories of Human Phylogeny

      chapter |31 pages

      Age Changes, Sex Differences, and Variability as Factors in the Classification of Primates

      chapter |30 pages

      The evaluation of Characteristics of the Skull, Hands, and Feet for Primate Taxonomy

      chapter |32 pages

      The Classification of Oreopithecus

      chapter |12 pages

      The Locomotor Functions of Hominids

      chapter |14 pages

      Behavior and Human Evolution

      chapter |31 pages

      Man's Place in the Phylogeny of the Primates

      chapter |8 pages

      The Chromosomes of the Hominoidea

      chapter |30 pages

      Perspectives in Molecular Anthropology

      chapter |28 pages

      Some Problems in the Analysis and Comparison of Monkey and Ape Behavior

      chapter |19 pages

      A Comparison of the Ecology and Behavior of Monkeys and Apes

      chapter |12 pages

      Psychological Definitions of Man

      chapter |15 pages

      The Taxonomic Evaluation of Fossil Hominids

      chapter |16 pages

      Genetic Entities in Hominid Evolution

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