The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo Contributions from the Third Stony Brook Human Evolution Symposium and Workshop October 3 – October 7, 2006 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Grine, Frederick E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fleagle, John G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Leakey, Richard E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Σειρά: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XII, 220p. 15 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402099809
• ISSN: 1877-9077

This volume addresses the origin of the human genus Homo, a major transition in human evolution and associated with major changes in brain size, locomotion, and culture, but one with many unanswered questions. How many different species of Homo were there, and how were they interrelated? Are stone tools a characteristic of early Homo? What was their function? How does the use of stone tools relate to changes in the dentition and brain size? Did adaptations for long distance running first appear with the origin of this genus? How does this relate to its diet and cultural abilities.