Presentation: Ancestors of Us All: Recent Discoveries in Human Origins and Evolution

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dc.creatorKappelman, John
dc.creatorEnvironmental Science Institute
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-24T20:20:57Z
dc.date.available2017-03-24T20:20:57Z
dc.date.issued2001-03-02
dc.descriptionThe subject of human origins and evolution has witnessed a revolution during the past 30 years. In this lecture Dr. Kappelman will present some the high points of this revolution and will discuss how the recovery of new fossil specimens has changed our understanding of the timing of hominid origins and the sorts of selection pressures that drove the evolution of bipedalism. In addition, new observations about the genus Homo integrate data from body mass and brain size and together with the archaeological record suggest a long, distinctly non-modern phase in human evolution. The final topic of this lecture will include a discussion of the origin of modern humans, and how the combination of new specimens from the fossil record along with data from the molecular genetics of living and ancient humans offers new insights into our own origins.en_US
dc.description.departmentEnvironmental Science Instituteen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T22Z12V4P
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/46200
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEnvironmental Science Instituteen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAncestors of Us All: Recent Discoveries in Human Origins and Evolutionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHot Science - Cool Talks;11
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjecthumanen_US
dc.subjectevolutionen_US
dc.subjectfossilsen_US
dc.subjectgeneticsen_US
dc.subjectgenus Homoen_US
dc.titlePresentation: Ancestors of Us All: Recent Discoveries in Human Origins and Evolutionen_US
dc.typeLearning objecten_US

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