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 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grine, Frederick E. (Editor), Fleagle, John G. (Editor), Leakey, Richard E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.

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 t...