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Recent Discoveries and Perspectives in Human Evolution: Papers arising from 'Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century' Manchester 2013
Anek R. Sankhyan
The present volume is based on research articles submitted as part of an international conference Exploring Human Origins: Exciting discoveries at the start of the 21st Century', 5-10 August 2013 in Manchester, UK, under the auspices of the InternationalUnion of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). The main focus of these papers was to record the more recent fossil, archaeological and genomic discoveries in the field of human origins and evolution, besides a few very significant ones made in 1990s. This volume presents the findings of various researchers that highlight different perspectives contributing to the greater understanding of human origins and ongoing evolution.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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RECENT DISCOVERIES AND PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION: INTRODUCTION
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1. A NEW JUVENILE CRANIUM FROM ZHAOTONG CITY, SOUTHWEST CHINA INDICATES COMPLEXITY OF HOMINOID EVOLUTION IN EASTERN ASIA
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2. AUSTRALOPITHECINE SHOULDERS: NEW REMAINS FOR OLD DEBATE
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3. HOMININ PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY IN ASIA COMES OF AGE
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4. PLEISTOCENE HOMININ FOSSIL DISCOVERIES IN INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN EVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA
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5. GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE CENTRAL NARMADA ALLUVIUM
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6. THE ROLE OF BALKANS IN PEOPLING OF EUROPE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM SERBIA
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7. THE ROLE OF LANDSCAPES IN SHAPING HOMININ HABITATS IN AFRICA
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8. THE DENISOVA GENOME: AN UNEXPECTED WINDOW INTO THE PAST
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9. PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE FIRST PALEONTOLOGICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLEISTOCENE LOCALITY IN ADRAR, MAURITANIA
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10. THE ORSANG MAN: A ROBUST HOMO SAPIENS IN CENTRAL INDIA WITH ASIAN HOMO ERECTUS FEATURES
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11. GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FLUVIAL TERRACES OF MIDDLE TAGUS RIVER, CENTRAL PORTUGAL
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12. MORPHOMETRICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE: A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING INTRACRANIAL PROFILES
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13. DISCOVERY OF TWO PREHISTORIC SITES AT GALUDIH IN EAST SINGBHUM, JHARKHAND: A STUDY IN TYPO-TECHNOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY
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14. UNBALANCED ENDEMIC ISLAND FAUNA: ARE HOMININS THE EXCEPTION?
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15. IMAGING OLDOWAN-ACHEULIAN KNAPPERS: SCOPE & LIMITATIONS
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16. PLEISTOCENE BEADS AND COGNITIVE EVOLUTION
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17. THE ANDAMAN PYGMY: ORIGINS AND NEW ADAPTATIONS
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18. AMAZING SKILLS: PRACTICE OF TREPANATION AROUND THE WORLD
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19. DECRYPTION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY OF THE WHITE MUMMIES IN TARIM BASIN, CHINA
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20. IDENTIFICATION OF A BREAST CANCER BRCA1 MUTATION IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA
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21. DEPLETING BIOSPHERE RESERVES: TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CONCERNS IN INDIA
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22. ROCK ART IN INDIA: A DATA APPRAISAL
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23. ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION OF THE TREPANNED NEOLITHIC WOMAN OF BURZAHOM, KASHMIR
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Back Cover
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Published: 2015
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407343341 (ebook)
- 9781407313726 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2719