The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity: A Study on Cranial Variation

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Author: Marta Mirazon Lahr

ISBN-10: 0521473934

ISBN-13: 9780521473934

Category: Basic Sciences

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Investigates the two main theories of how and where humans evolved.

ForewordPreface1Introduction32The modern human origins debate133The morphological basis of the Multiregional Model434The regional expression of the East Asian and Australian 'continuity traits'715Temporal distribution of the 'regional continuity traits' in late Pleistocene hominids1166The independence of expression of the 'regional continuity traits'1557Multiregional evolution as the source of recent regional cranial diversity: A review1858Cranial variation in Homo sapiens2039Morphological differentiation from a single ancestral source22710Geographical differentiation from a single ancestral source26511Reconstructing population histories27812Final conclusions332App. 1 Grading of the morphological 'regional continuity traits': Trait description and grade scores341App. 2 Complementary measurements353References357Fossil and site index402Subject index406