Publisher's Synopsis
The past decade has seen significant advances in our understanding of human evolution. Discoveries have presented extensive new evidence of fossil hominids, whilst developments in dating techniques and the geological sciences have yielded a wealth of information permitting the reconstruction of the environment, ecology and behaviour of past hominid communities.;This volume covers the fossil evidence for human evolution, the importance of within-group and between-group variation in fossil samples, the conceptual framework and its theoretical principles, the areas of contention and uncertainty. An elementary knowledge of evolutionary principles and anatomy is assumed.;This book is written for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates studying human evolution as part of a biology or anthropology course.
