| An Ape's View of Human Evolution Contributor(s): Andrews, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107100674 ISBN-13: 9781107100671 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Paleontology - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
| Dewey: 599.938 |
| LCCN: 2015013762 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.85" W x 10.03" (1.74 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us about the origins of human evolution? Did the last common ancestor of apes and humans live in trees or on the ground? What did it eat, and how did it survive in a world full of large predators? Did it look anything like living apes? Andrews addresses these questions and more to reconstruct the common ancestor and its habitat. Synthesising thirty-five years of work on both ancient environments and fossil and modern ape anatomy, this book provides unique new insights into the evolutionary processes that led to the origins of the human lineage. |
Contributor Bio(s): Andrews, Peter: - Peter Andrews has always had a keen interest in fossils, and an encounter with Dr L. S. B. Leakey while working in the Kenya Forestry Department encouraged him to make the move to anthropology. He has spent much of his career at the Natural History Museum, London, where he was Head of Human Origins until his retirement in 2000. Since then he has been curator of Blandford Museum while retaining an Emeritus Research Associate position at the Natural History Museum along with honorary professorships at University College London and the University of York. He has published ten books, two with Chris Stringer, and nearly 200 articles in the scientific and popular press. |