Simulating Human Origins and Evolution by K P Wessen
The development of populations over time, and, on longer timescales, the evolution of species, are both influenced by a complex of interacting, underlying processes. Computer simulation provides a means of experimenting within an idealised framework to allow aspects of these processes and their interactions to be isolated, controlled, and understood. In this book, computer simulation is used to model migration, extinction, fossilisation, interbreeding, selection and non-hereditary effects in the context of human populations and the observed distribution of fossil and current hominoid species. The simulations described enable the visualisation and study of lineages, genetic diversity in populations, character diversity across species and the accuracy of reconstructions, allowing insights into human evolution and the origins of humankind for graduate students and researchers in the fields of physical anthropology, human evolution, and human genetics.-
Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
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Evaluating Evidence in Biological Anthropology
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Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene
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Neanderthals and Modern Humans
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Bioarchaeology
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Macaque Societies
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Primates Face to Face
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Neandertal Skeletal Anatomy
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Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris
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The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain
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The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis
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Monkeys on the Edge
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The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness
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Studies in Forensic Biohistory
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Reproduction and Adaptation
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Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology
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Between Biology and Culture
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Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology
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African Genesis
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Methods in Human Growth Research
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Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates
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Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo
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Human Biologists in the Archives
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Primate and Human Evolution
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Seasonality in Primates
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Human Biology of Afro-Caribbean Populations
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Consanguinity in Context
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The Genetics of African Populations in Health and Disease
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The Backbone of Europe
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Human Senescence
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Health Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Human Paleobiology
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Fossil Primates
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The Foragers of Point Hope
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Primate Dentition
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The First Boat People
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Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia
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Bioarchaeological and Forensic Perspectives on Violence
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Variability in Human Fertility
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Biological Aspects of Human Migration
Review of the hardback: '… Wessen's simulation of human evolution will be a useful reference for phylogenetic systematicists, human geneticists, physical anthropologists and primatologists, and paleoarchaeologists who want to think deeply about both the power and limits of reconstructing human history from currently available data and with contemporary tools' BioScience
Review of the hardback: ' … the results presented by Ken Wessen really force us to be sceptical about our human lineage … this book is a good read for everybody with an overly optimistic view of our knowledge of human history …' www.PalArch.nl
Review of the hardback: ' … the results presented by Ken Wessen really force us to be sceptical about our human lineage … this book is a good read for everybody with an overly optimistic view of our knowledge of human history …' www.PalArch.nl
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521397995 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521397995 |
| Title | Simulating Human Origins and Evolution |
| Author | K P Wessen |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Biological And Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 258 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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