The science of human evolution : getting it right / John H. Langdon.
Langdon, John H. (John Howard)
2016
QH359-425
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Title The science of human evolution : getting it right / John H. Langdon.
Author Langdon, John H. (John Howard)
ISBN 9783319415857 (electronic book)
3319415859 (electronic book)
3319415840
9783319415840
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41585-7
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 220 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-41585-7 doi
Call Number QH359-425
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.93/8
Summary This textbook provides a collection of case studies in paleoanthropology demonstrating the method and limitations of science. These cases introduce the reader to various problems and illustrate how they have been addressed historically. The various topics selected represent important corrections in the field, some critical breakthroughs, models of good reasoning and experimental design, and important ideas emerging from normal science.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: The Method of Science
Case Study 1. The Darwinian Paradigm: An Evolving World View
Case Study 2. Proving Prehistory: William Pengelly and Scientific Excavation
Case Study 3. Testing Predictions: Eugene Dubois and the Missing Link
Case Study 4. Self-Correcting Science: The Piltdown Forgery
Case Study 5. Checking the Time: Geological Dating at Olduvai Gorge
Case Study 6. Quantifying Evolution: Morris Goodman and Molecular Phylogeny
Case Study 7. Reinterpreting Ramapithecus: Reconciling Fossils and Molecules
Case Study 8. Taming the Killer Ape: The Science of Taphonomy
Case Study 9. Reading the Bones (1): Recognizing Bipedalism
Case Study 10. Reading the Bones (2): Sizing up the Ancestors
Case Study 11. The Habilis Workbench: Experimental Archaeology
Case Study 12. Hunting for Predators: The Scavenging Hypothesis
Case Study 13. Climate Change in the Pliocene: Environment and Human Origins
Case Study 14. Free Range Homo: Modernizing the Body at Dmanisi
Case Study 15. Reading the Bones (3): Tracking Life History at Nariokotome
Case Study 16, Democratizing Homo naledi: A New Model for Fossil Hominin Studies
Case Study 17. A Curious Isolation: The Hobbits of Flores
Case Study 18, Neanderthals in the Mirror: Imagining our Relatives
Case Study 19, Leaving Africa: Mitochondrial Eve
Case Study 20. The Neanderthal Problem: Neighbors and Relatives on Mt. Carmel
Case Study 21. Chasing Smaller Game: The Archaeology of Modernity
Case Study 22, Strangers in Paradigms: Ancient DNA Reveals Mysterious Populations
Case Study 23, Is Humanity Sustainable? Tracking the Source of our Ecological Uniqueness
Case Study 24, The Unknowable Biped: Questions We Cannot Answer
Case Study 25, Parsimony and the Aquatic Ape
Case Study 26. What Science Is: A Cultural and Legal Challenge.

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