{"product_id":"the-origins-of-modern-humans-isbn-9780470894095","title":"The Origins of Modern Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis update to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Modern Humans: A World Survey of the Fossil Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e covers the most accepted common theories concerning the emergence of modern \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e—adding fresh insight from top young scholars on the key new discoveries of the past 25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e allows field leaders to discuss and assess the assemblage of hominid fossil material in each region of the world during the Pleistocene epoch. It features new fossil and molecular evidence, such as the evolutionary inferences drawn from assessments of modern humans and large segments of the Neandertal genome. It also addresses the impact of digital imagery and the more sophisticated morphometrics that have entered the analytical fray since 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with a thoughtful introduction by the authors on modern human origins, the book offers such insightful chapter contributions as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAfrica: The Cradle of Modern People\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrossroads of the Old World: Late Hominin Evolution in Western Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA River Runs through It: Modern Human Origins in East Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePerspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModern Human Origins in Central Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNeandertal Craniofacial Growth and Development and Its Relevance for Modern Human Origins\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnergetics and the Origin of Modern Humans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding Human Cranial Variation in Light of Modern Human Origins\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Relevance of Archaic Genomes to Modern Human Origins\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Process of Modern Human Origins: The Evolutionary and Demographic Changes Giving Rise to Modern Humans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Paleobiology of Modern Human Emergence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eElegant and thought provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal read for students, grad students, and professionals in human evolution and paleoanthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Thoughts on Modern Human Origins: From 1984 to 2012 xi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFred H. Smith and James C. M. Ahern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Africa: The Cradle of Modern People 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOsbjorn M. Pearson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Crossroads of the Old World: Late Hominin Evolution in Western Asia 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert G. Franciscus and Trenton W. Holliday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 A River Runs through It: Modern Human Origins in East Asia 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren R. Rosenberg and Xinzhi Wu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur C. Durband and Michael C. Westaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 Modern Human Origins in Central Europe 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames C. M. Ahern, Ivor Jankoviæ, Jean-Luc Voisin, and Fred H. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Hublin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 Neandertal Craniofacial Growth and Development and Its Relevance for Modern Human Origins 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrank L’Engle Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 Energetics and the Origin of Modern Humans 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew W. Froehle, Todd R. Yokley, and Steven E. Churchill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 Understanding Human Cranial Variation in Light of Modern Human Origins 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn H. Relethford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 The Relevance of Archaic Genomes to Modern Human Origins 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Hawks and Zach Throckmorton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11 The Process of Modern Human Origins: The Evolutionary and Demographic Changes Giving Rise to Modern Humans 355\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachel Caspari and Milford H. Wolpoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 The Paleobiology of Modern Human Emergence 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErik Trinkaus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index 435\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe color plate section can be found between pages 242 and 243.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“A valuable resource, likely to be a source of discussion for specialists through the decade.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above.” \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 July 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The editors are to be congratulated for having assembled this overall extraordinary group of researchers to update the three-decades-old Origins.  I am confident that the present volume will take its place alongside its predecessor as a book to which many professionals and students alike will turn for current information and thinking on the biology of modern human origins. I am certain that Frank Spencer would have approved of the editors’ efforts.\"  (\u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eFred Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Illinois State University and a past president of the American Association of Physical Anthropology.  A noted authority on neanderthal and early modern human evolution, Dr. Smith has a 40 year record of thought-leading publications.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Ahern\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology at the University of Wyoming.  Dr. Ahern's research has covered many aspects of human biological and biocultural evolution, ranging from work on the origin of the hominin lineage to the peopling of the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis update to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Modern Humans: A World Survey of the Fossil Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e covers the most accepted common theories concerning the emergence of modern \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e—adding fresh insight from top young scholars on the key new discoveries of the past 25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e allows field leaders to discuss and assess the assemblage of hominid fossil material in each region of the world during the Pleistocene epoch. It features new fossil and molecular evidence, such as the evolutionary inferences drawn from assessments of modern humans and large segments of the Neandertal genome. 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