Chimpanzees and Human Evolution / / Martin N. Muller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Muller, Martin N.,
• MitwirkendeR: Benenson, Joyce,; Boehm, Christopher,; Caldwell, Ann E.,; Carmody, Rachel N.,; Carvalho, Susana,; Chapais, Bernard,; Ellison, Peter T.,; Gilby, Ian C.,; Glowacki, Luke,; Gomes, Cristina M.,; Gurven, Michael D.,; Hamilton, Marian I.,; Hare, Brian,; Henrich, Joseph,; Hooper, Paul L.,; Jaeggi, Adrian V.,; Kaplan, Hillard S.,; Lancaster, Jane B.,; Lieberman, Daniel E.,; Muller, Martin N.,; Nelson, Sherry V.,; Pilbeam, David R.,; Pontzer, Herman,; Rolian, Campbell,; Rosati, Alexandra G.,; Scott-Phillips, Thom,; Slocombe, Katie E.,; Tennie, Claudio,; Thompson, Melissa Emery,; Wilson, Michael L.,; Wood, Brian M.,; Wrangham, Richard W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2017
• Argitaratze-urtea: 2018
• Hizkuntza: English
• Deskribapen fisikoa: 1 online resource (794 p.) :; 41 halftones, 31 graphs, 27 tables
• 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
• Gaia: 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.
• Formatua: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674982642; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674982642
• Sartu: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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...