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The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution
Larry L. Mai, Marcus Young Owl and ,M. Patricia Kersting
CUP
June 2005
Paperback 668 pp ISBN 0521664861
£35.00
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Hardback 668 pp ISBN 0521662508
£70.00
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The Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution (DHBE) is an invaluable research and study tool for both professionals
and students covering a broad range of subjects within human biology, physical anthropology, anatomy, auxology,
primatology, physiology, genetics, paleontology and zoology. Packed with 13000 descriptions of terms, specimens,
sites and names, DHBE also includes information on over 1000 word roots, taxonomies and reference tables for extinct,
recent and extant primates, geological and oxygen isotope chronologies, illustrations of landmarks, bones and muscles
and an illustration of current hominid phylogeny, making this a must-have volume for anyone with an interest in human
biology or evolution. DHBE is especially complete in its inventory of archaeological sites and the best-known hominid
specimens excavated from them, but also includes up-to-date information on terms such as in silico, and those relating
to the rapidly developing fields of human genomics.
- Contains over 13000 terms, with the core 1200 terms indicated for students
- Includes many invaluable appendices, including descriptions of extant primates, and illustrations of important landmarks, bones and muscle groups for both the cranial and postcranial skeleton
- Written to be accessible and useful to both students and researchers
Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements;
- Word roots;
- A-Z listing of terms;
- Appendix I. Taxonomy of extinct primates
- Appendix II. Taxonomy of recent and extant primates
- Appendix III. Reference table of extant primate species;
- Appendix IV. Geological time scale
- Appendix V. Terrestrial chronology of the Pleistocene €Ice Age€ in the northern hemisphere;
- Appendix VI. Marine oxygen isotope chronology;
- Appendix VII. Illustrations of anatomical landmarks, postcranial bones and muscle groups, cranial bones
and muscle groups;
- Appendix VIII. Event timeline of human biology and evolution;
- Appendix IX. Tentative human phylogeny.
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