Chimpanzees and Human Evolution / / Martin N. Muller.
Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain human uniqueness, by studying our closest living relatives. Their conclusions may transf...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (794 p.) :; 41 halftones, 31 graphs, 27 tables |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Was the Last Common Ancestor of Chimpanzees and Humans Chimpanzee-Like? -- 1. Introduction: Chimpanzees and Human Evolution -- 2. Reconstructing the Last Common Ancestor of Chimpanzees and Humans -- 3. Equal, Similar, but Different: Convergent Bonobos and Conserved Chimpanzees -- Part II. Chimpanzees and the Evolution of Human Uniqueness -- 4. Introduction: Chimpanzees and Human Uniqueness -- 5. Mortality, Senescence, and Life Span -- 6. Fertility and Fecundity -- 7. Locomotor Ecology and Evolution in Chimpanzees and Humans -- 8. Evolution of the Human Dietary Niche: Initial Transitions -- 9. Evolution of the Human Dietary Niche: Quest for High Quality -- 10. From Pan to Man the Hunter: Hunting and Meat Sharing by Chimpanzees, Humans, and Our Common Ancestor -- 11. The Evolution of the Human Mating System -- 12. From Chimpanzee Society to Human Society: Bridging the Kinship Gap -- 13. Violent Cousins: Chimpanzees, Humans, and the Roots of War -- 14. Cooperative and Competitive Relationships within Sexes -- 15. Cooperation between the Sexes -- 16. Sexual Coercion in Chimpanzees and Humans -- 17. Tool Use and Manufacture in the Last Common Ancestor of Pan and Homo -- 18. Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees and Humans -- 19. Chimpanzee Cognition and the Roots of the Human Mind -- 20. Ancestral Precursors, Social Control, and Social Selection in the Evolution of Morals -- 21. Communication and Language -- Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain human uniqueness, by studying our closest living relatives. Their conclusions may transform our understanding of human evolution. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674982642 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674982642 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin N. Muller. |