Format:
Online-Ressource (XXII, 386 p, online resource)
ISBN:
9789400704923
Series Statement:
Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
Content:
Since the Western world first became aware of the existence of Neanderthals, this Pleistocene human has been a regular focus of interest among specialists and also among the general public. In fact, we know far more about Neanderthals than we do about any other extinct human population. Furthermore, over the past 150 years no other palaeospecies has been such a constant source of discussion and fierce debate among palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists. This book presents the status of our knowledge as well as the methods and techniques used to study this extinct population and it suggests perspectives for future research.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Continuity and Discontinuityin the Peopling of Europe; Conference Photos; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Neanderthals and Emergent Palaeoanthropology 50 Years Ago1; Chapter 2One Hundred Fifty Years of Neanderthal Discoveries: Continuity and Discontinuity; Chapter 3The Genus Homo: Origin, Speciation and Dispersal; Chapter 4: Before the Neanderthals: Hominid Evolution in Middle Pleistocene Europe; Chapter 5The Earliest European Human Peopling After the Recent Discoveries: Early Neanderthals or Different Lineages?
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Chapter 6: The Gran Dolina-TD6 Human Fossil Remains and the Origin of NeanderthalsChapter 7: The Hominid Fossils from China Contemporaneous with the Neanderthals and Some Related Studies; Chapter 8: Behavioral and Cultural Origins of Neanderthals: A Levantine Perspective; Chapter 9: Discontinuities in the Faunal Assemblages and Early Human Populations of Central and Western Europe During the Middleand Late Pleistocene; Chapter 10: Neanderthal Geographical and Chronological Variation
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Chapter 11A Preliminary Approach to the Neanderthal Speciation by Distance Hypothesis: A View from the Shoulder ComplexChapter 12: Facts and Ideas in Paleolithic Growth Studies (Paleoauxology); Chapter 13Dental Development and Age at Death of a Middle Paleolithic Juvenile Hominin from Obi-Rakhmat Grotto, Uzbekistan; Chapter 14 Computerized Reconstruction of Prenatal Growth Trajectories in the Dentition: Implications for the Taxonomic Status of Neandertals; Chapter 15: Endostructural Characterisation of the Regourdou 1 Neanderthal Proximal Arm: Bilateral Asymmetry and Handedness
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Chapter 16: A Three-Dimensional Look at the Neanderthal MandibleChapter 17Integration and Homology of "Chignon" and "Hemibun" Morphology; Chapter 18 Virtual Synthesis of the Skull in Neanderthals by FESS; Chapter 19Neandertal mtDNA from a Late Pleistocene Human Mandible from the Cova del Gegant (Spain); Chapter 20 Towards Neanderthal Paleogenomics; Chapter 21Twelve Years of Neandertal Genetic Discoveries: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges
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Chapter 22 Radiocarbon Dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition: The Demise of the Last Neanderthals and the First Appearanceof Anatomically Modern Humans in EuropeChapter 23Archaeological, Paleontological and Genomic Perspectives on Late European Neandertals at Vindija Cave, Croatia; Chapter 24 Late Neandertals and Early Modern Humans in Europe, Population Dynamics and Paleobiology; Chapter 25: Aliens from Outer Time? Why the "Human Revolution" Is Wrong, and Where Do We Go from Here?; Chapter 26 Neandertals and the Roots of Human Recency
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Chapter 27 Epilogue: 150 Years of Neanderthal Research - A Hopeless Situation but Not Serious
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400704916
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Proceedings of the international congress to commemorate "150 years of Neanderthal discoveries, 1856-2006" ; 1: Continuity and discontinuity in the peopling of Europe Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer, 2011 ISBN 9789400704916
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3
URL:
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Author information:
Weniger, Gerd-Christian 1953-
