ISBN:
90-279-7689-9 (Mouton)
,
0-202-02016-9 (Aldine): 978-90-279-7689-5
,
978-0-202-02016-7
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 583 Seiten, 28 Seiten Bildtafeln, 1 Faltblatt
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
World Anthropology
Keywords:
Evolution, menschliche Tagungsbericht
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Description / Table of Contents:
General editor's preface / Sol Tax -- Preface / Russell H. Tuttle -- Section 1. New perspectives on the origin and deployment of Catarrhine primates -- Discussion -- Section 2. Biomolecular perspectives on primate evolution -- Discussion -- Section 3. Anatomical correlates of feeding behavior in monkeys, apes, and man -- Discussion -- Section 4. Knuckle-walking and hominoid evolution -- Discussion -- Section 5. Mechanisms and evolution of bipedalism in the Hominoidea -- Discussion -- Section 6. Brain evolution in the Hominoidea and the evolution of human language -- Biographical notes -- Index of names -- Index of subjects
Note:
"This volume contains articles that were prepared for discussion in Session 211 at the IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. The session was convened on September 2, 1973, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois." (Preface)
