Wiley-Blackwell student dictionary of human evolution /

• Other Authors: Wood, Bernard A. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2015
• Subjects: Human evolution.; NATURE / Animals / Mammals; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals; Anthropology, Physical > Dictionary > English.; Human evolution > Dictionaries.; Electronic books.

Once upon a time, say 50 years ago, the only background you needed in order to appreciate what was known about human evolution was a familiarity with a relatively sparse hominid fossil record, what limited information there was about the context of the sites, some knowledge of gross anatomy and simp...