Evolution and environment; mammals - progress in homeostasis; the primate radiation; the fossil evidence - the hominidae; body structure and posture; locomotion and the hindlimb; manipulation and the forelimb; the head function and structure; feeding, ecology, and behaviour; reproduction, social structure and the family; culture and society; human evolution.
Bernard Campbell
-Synthesizes the conventional academic thought into a textbook or
detailed account for lay readers. Along the chronological narrative
are discussions of progress in homeostasis, the primate radiation,
locomotion and the hindlimb, function and structure of the head,
reproduction and social structure, and culture and society.- --Book
News -[T]he grand design is remarkably clear and well-illustrated
presentation is beautifully lucid. This very instructive book may
be read, with pleasure, by those who seek to learn about the
orthodox aspects of the evolution of man and his forebears, as well
as by those who seek the better to understand the complex interplay
of social and biological factors which influences and determined
the emergence and evolution of man.- --Eric Sunderland, RAIN -There
is no doubt that the book is an adventurous one both in its
planning and in its inclusion of new research--even untested
research--in the appropriate sections. The author is fully aware of
this calculated risk.- --David R. Hughes, Man -The effects of
physiological and functional characteristics on social and cultural
evolution are very well considered and mark an important
contribution to thinking about human biology, as well as providing
perspective. Clear definitions within the text and a useful
glossary will aid the student, and even the nonbiologists will find
much of interest.- --H. B. S. Cooke, The Quarterly Review of
Biology -This is an original and a welcome book. Actually, the
approach is so appropriate one wonders why it was not done earlier,
but it is fortunate to have been written by Campbell, who has a
fine sense of organization and a graceful and pithy style of
writing.... [C]arefully and clearly done.... Since the book is not
an attempt to be up-to-date on fossil remains, it will have a long
and useful life.- --W. W. Howells, American Scientist -Dr.
Campbell's most important original contribution to problems of
human evolution has been on the subject of Primate taxonomy. In
this book he has assembled evidence from a much wider field for a
presentation of the main factors that have led to the distinctive
adaptations of man to his environment.... The author has aimed to
make his book intelligible to readers with no previous knowledge of
biology and, with the help of an extenstive glossary, his aim has
been most successfully achieved. No doubt this is the main virtue
of the book, for it has been written in a style that is even
exciting for the non-specialist.- --Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, The
British Medical Journal -[T]his book should have a broad appeal. It
certainly is well adapted for use in college courses on human
evolution, physical anthropology, and comparative vertebrate
biology.- --William L. Straus, Jr., The Quarterly Review of
Biology
"Synthesizes the conventional academic thought into a textbook or
detailed account for lay readers. Along the chronological narrative
are discussions of progress in homeostasis, the primate radiation,
locomotion and the hindlimb, function and structure of the head,
reproduction and social structure, and culture and society." --Book
News "[T]he grand design is remarkably clear and well-illustrated
presentation is beautifully lucid. This very instructive book may
be read, with pleasure, by those who seek to learn about the
orthodox aspects of the evolution of man and his forebears, as well
as by those who seek the better to understand the complex interplay
of social and biological factors which influences and determined
the emergence and evolution of man." --Eric Sunderland, RAIN "There
is no doubt that the book is an adventurous one both in its
planning and in its inclusion of new research--even untested
research--in the appropriate sections. The author is fully aware of
this calculated risk." --David R. Hughes, Man "The effects of
physiological and functional characteristics on social and cultural
evolution are very well considered and mark an important
contribution to thinking about human biology, as well as providing
perspective. Clear definitions within the text and a useful
glossary will aid the student, and even the nonbiologists will find
much of interest." --H. B. S. Cooke, The Quarterly Review of
Biology "This is an original and a welcome book. Actually, the
approach is so appropriate one wonders why it was not done earlier,
but it is fortunate to have been written by Campbell, who has a
fine sense of organization and a graceful and pithy style of
writing.... [C]arefully and clearly done.... Since the book is not
an attempt to be up-to-date on fossil remains, it will have a long
and useful life." --W. W. Howells, American Scientist "Dr.
Campbell's most important original contribution to problems of
human evolution has been on the subject of Primate taxonomy. In
this book he has assembled evidence from a much wider field for a
presentation of the main factors that have led to the distinctive
adaptations of man to his environment.... The author has aimed to
make his book intelligible to readers with no previous knowledge of
biology and, with the help of an extenstive glossary, his aim has
been most successfully achieved. No doubt this is the main virtue
of the book, for it has been written in a style that is even
exciting for the non-specialist." --Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, The
British Medical Journal "[T]his book should have a broad appeal. It
certainly is well adapted for use in college courses on human
evolution, physical anthropology, and comparative vertebrate
biology." --William L. Straus, Jr., The Quarterly Review of
Biology
"Synthesizes the conventional academic thought into a textbook or
detailed account for lay readers. Along the chronological narrative
are discussions of progress in homeostasis, the primate radiation,
locomotion and the hindlimb, function and structure of the head,
reproduction and social structure, and culture and society."
"--Book News " "[T]he grand design is remarkably clear and
well-illustrated presentation is beautifully lucid. This very
instructive book may be read, with pleasure, by those who seek to
learn about the orthodox aspects of the evolution of man and his
forebears, as well as by those who seek the better to understand
the complex interplay of social and biological factors which
influences and determined the emergence and evolution of man."
--Eric Sunderland, RAIN "There is no doubt that the book is an
adventurous one both in its planning and in its inclusion of new
research--even untested research--in the appropriate sections. The
author is fully aware of this calculated risk." --David R. Hughes,
Man "The effects of physiological and functional characteristics on
social and cultural evolution are very well considered and mark an
important contribution to thinking about human biology, as well as
providing perspective. Clear definitions within the text and a
useful glossary will aid the student, and even the nonbiologists
will find much of interest." --H. B. S. Cooke, The Quarterly Review
of Biology "This is an original and a welcome book. Actually, the
approach is so appropriate one wonders why it was not done earlier,
but it is fortunate to have been written by Campbell, who has a
fine sense of organization and a graceful and pithy style of
writing.... [C]arefully and clearly done.... Since the book is not
an attempt to be up-to-date on fossil remains, it will have a long
and useful life." --W. W. Howells, American Scientist "Dr.
Campbell's most important original contribution to problems of
human evolution has been on the subject of Primate taxonomy. In
this book he has assembled evidence from a much wider field for a
presentation of the main factors that have led to the distinctive
adaptations of man to his environment.... The author has aimed to
make his book intelligible to readers with no previous knowledge of
biology and, with the help of an extenstive glossary, his aim has
been most successfully achieved. No doubt this is the main virtue
of the book, for it has been written in a style that is even
exciting for the non-specialist." --Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, The
British Medical Journal "[T]his book should have a broad appeal. It
certainly is well adapted for use in college courses on human
evolution, physical anthropology, and comparative vertebrate
biology." --William L. Straus, Jr., The Quarterly Review of Biology
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