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Author Willoughby, Pamela R.

Title The evolution of modern humans in Africa : a comprehensive guide / Pamela R. Willoughby.

Imprint Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  599.938096 W684e 2007    ---  Available
Description xxi, 439 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series African archaeology series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-407) and index.
Contents Foreword / by Joseph O. Vogel -- Modern human origins : a people without history -- Historical perspectives : the place of humans in nature -- The palaeoenvironmental context : the origin and dispersal of modern humans -- The chronological framework : dating the appearance and spread of homo sapiens -- Out of Africa : when and how many times : alternative models of modern human origins -- Mitochondrial Eve and the Middle Stone Age : genetics and human variation -- The fossil hominin evidence -- The archaeological evidence from North Africa -- The archaeological evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa I -- The archaeological evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa II -- Conclusions: What does it mean to be a modern homo sapiens?
Subject Human evolution -- Africa.
Human evolution -- Tanzania.
Paleolithic period -- Africa.
Paleolithic period -- Tanzania.
Fossil hominids -- Africa.
Fossil hominids -- Tanzania.
Africa -- Antiquities.
Tanzania -- Antiquities.
Evolution -- Africa.
Evolution -- Tanzania.
Hominidae -- Africa.
Hominidae -- Tanzania.
Fossils -- Africa.
Fossils -- Tanzania.
ISBN 0759101191 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759101197 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759101183 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759101180 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2387725
YDXCP 2387729
NLM 101301969
NZ1 10934702
NLGGC 305443925
AU@ 000040594160

 
    
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