Neanderthals Revisited (eBook)
XIV, 332 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-5121-0 (ISBN)
This volume presents the cutting-edge research of leading scientists, re-examining the major debates in Neanderthal research with the use of innovative methods and exciting new theoretical approaches. Coverage includes the re-evaluation of Neanderthal anatomy, inferred adaptations and habitual activities, developmental patterns, phylogenetic relationships, and the Neanderthal extinction; new methods include computer tomography, 3D geometric morphometrics, ancient DNA and bioenergetics. The book offers fresh insight into both Neanderthals and modern humans.
Katerina Harvati is senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and adjunct Associate Professor at the Anthropology Department of the City University of New York Graduate School. Dr. Harvati is a paleoanthropologist specializing in Neanderthal evolution and modern human origins. Her broader research interests include primate and human evolution, evolutionary theory, life history and paleolithic archaeology. She has conducted fieldwork in Europe and Africa and is currently directing paleoanthropological research in Northern Greece. Her work has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), the Journal of Human Evolution, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and elsewhere.
Terry Harrison is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Origins at New York University. His main research interests include all aspects of human and primate evolution. He has conducted paleontological field research in Europe, East Africa, and Asia, and he is currently directing research at the early hominin locality of Laetoli in Tanzania. He has published extensively on the evolutionary relationships and paleobiology of Miocene hominoids, East African vertebrate paleontology, and comparative anatomy. He is the editor of Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania (Plenum Press).
Recent years have witnessed exciting and important scientific breakthroughs in the study of Neanderthals and their place in human evolution which have transformed our appreciation of this group's paleobiology and evolution. This volume presents cutting-edge research by leading scientists re-examining the major debates in Neanderthal research with the use of innovative state-of-the art methods and exciting new theoretical approaches. Topics addressed include the re-evaluation of Neanderthal anatomy, inferred adaptations and habitual activities, developmental patterns, phylogenetic relationships, and the Neanderthal extinction; new methods include computer tomography, 3D geometric morphometrics, ancient DNA and bioenergetics. The diverse contributions offer fresh insights and advances in Neanderthal and modern human origins research.This is a Volume in The Max-Planck-Institute Subseries in Human Evolution coordinated by Jean-Jacques Hublin, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Leipzig, Germany
Katerina Harvati is senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and adjunct Associate Professor at the Anthropology Department of the City University of New York Graduate School. Dr. Harvati is a paleoanthropologist specializing in Neanderthal evolution and modern human origins. Her broader research interests include primate and human evolution, evolutionary theory, life history and paleolithic archaeology. She has conducted fieldwork in Europe and Africa and is currently directing paleoanthropological research in Northern Greece. Her work has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), the Journal of Human Evolution, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and elsewhere.Terry Harrison is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Study of Human Origins at New York University. His main research interests include all aspects of human and primate evolution. He has conducted paleontological field research in Europe, East Africa, and Asia, and he is currently directing research at the early hominin locality of Laetoli in Tanzania. He has published extensively on the evolutionary relationships and paleobiology of Miocene hominoids, East African vertebrate paleontology, and comparative anatomy. He is the editor of Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania (Plenum Press).
1. Neanderthals Revisited
K. Harvati and T. Harrison
2. The Distinctiveness and Systematic Context of Homo neanderthalensis
I. Tattersall and J.H. Schwartz
3. Saccopastore 1: The Earliest Neanderthal? A new Look at an Old Cranium
E. Bruner and G. Manzi
4. Inquiries into Neanderthal Cranio-facial Development and Evolution: ‘Accretion’ vs ‘organismal’ models
Rosas, M. Bastir, C. Martínez-Maza, A. García-Tabernero, and C. Lalueza-Fox
5. Neanderthals and Modern Humans – Chimps and Bonobo
M.S. Ponce de León and C.P.E. Zollikofer
6. Cranial Growth models: Heterochrony, heterotopy, and the kinematics of Ontogeny
C.P.E. Zollikofer and M.S. Ponce de León
7. Bioenergetic Perspectives on Neanderthal Thermoregulatory and Activity Budgets
S.E. Churchill
8. 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
9. Neanderthal Hands in their Proper Perspective
W.A. Niewoehner
10. Did Neanderthals make the Châtelperronian Assemblage from La Grotte du Renne (Arcy-Sur-Cure, France)?
S.E. Bailey and J.-J. Hublin
11. The Fate of European Neanderthals: Results and Perspectives from Ancient DNA Analyses
D. Serre and S. Pääbo
12. Selection on Mitochondrial DNA and the Neanderthal Problem
J. Hawks
13. Reliability of Cranial Morphology in Reconstructing Neanderthal Phylogeny
K. Harvati and T.D. Weaver
14. 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
15. Earliest Upper Paleolithic crania from Mladec, Czech Republic, and the Question of Neanderthal-Modern Continuity: Metrical Evidence from the Fronto-Facial Region
G. Braüer, H. Broeg, and C. Stringer
16. Neanderthals and Modern Humans: An Example of a Mammalian Syngameon
T.W. Holliday
17. Speciation by distance and temporal overlap: A New Approach to Understanding Neanderthal Evolution
J.-L. Voisin
18. The Neanderthal-H. sapiens Interface in Eurasia
C. B. Stringer
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology | Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 332 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Adaptation • Evolution • Human Evolution • Model vertebrates • Neanderthal • Neanderthals • ontogeny • paleobiology • Paleolithic • Phylogeny • Pleistocene |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-5121-2 / 1402051212 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-5121-0 / 9781402051210 |
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