TY - BOOK ID - 7542239 TI - Modern origins : a North African perspective AU - Hublin, Jean-Jacques. AU - McPherron, Shannon P. PY - 2012 SN - 9400799241 9400729286 9786613709103 9400729294 1280798718 PB - Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Human beings -- Africa, North -- Origin. KW - Human evolution -- Africa, North. KW - Social sciences. KW - Catarrhini KW - Biological Processes KW - Paleontology KW - Genetic Processes KW - Haplorhini KW - Anthropology, Physical KW - Biological Phenomena KW - Genetic Phenomena KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Anthropology KW - Primates KW - Social Sciences KW - Mammals KW - Vertebrates KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Chordata KW - Animals KW - Eukaryota KW - Organisms KW - Hominidae KW - Biological Evolution KW - Fossils KW - History & Archaeology KW - Archaeology KW - Physical Anthropology KW - Paleoanthropology. KW - Evolutionary paleobiology. KW - Human evolution. KW - Evolutionary palaeobiology KW - Human paleontology KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Anthropology. KW - Archaeology. KW - Emigration and immigration. KW - Human geography. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Human Geography. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Migration. KW - Anthropo-geography KW - Anthropogeography KW - Geographical distribution of humans KW - Social geography KW - Geography KW - Human ecology KW - Immigration KW - International migration KW - Migration, International KW - Population geography KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Colonization KW - Archeology KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - History KW - Antiquities KW - Human beings KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Physical anthropology KW - Evolutionary psychology KW - Paleobiology KW - Anthropology, Prehistoric KW - Fossil hominids KW - Origin KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7542239 AB - Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central position in the search for the timing and mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and the rich archaeological and human paleontological record of North Africa is critical to this search.  In this volume, we bring together new research into the archaeology, human paleontology, chronology, and environmental context of modern human origins in North Africa.  The result is a volume that better integrates the North African record into the modern human origins debate and at the same time highlights the research questions that are currently the focus of continued work in the area. ER -