ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020302

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractLife‐history theory has been developed in biology to explain the variation in timing of fertility, growth, developmental rates, and death of living organisms, as well as events directly tied to these parameters. The theory is useful in explaining variations in age‐specific human fertility and mortality patterns, as well as understanding how the human life course evolved to patterns so divergent from those that characterize our close primate relatives. Surprisingly, this same theory can also be used to explain why people often ignore the long‐term consequences of behaviors that produce short‐te

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020303

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThe majority of fossil primates and human archeological sites are recovered from sedimentary rocks, but obtaining radioisotopic dates directly from rocks of this type is generally difficult. Paleomagnetism offers an alternative dating approach. Specific applications of paleomagnetism in the field of anthropology range from dating late Eocene fossil anthropoids to determining human archeological site use and occupation. This single dating technique is not restricted to a specific time range, but can be used across the entire span of primate evolution. When linked with other dating techniques, such as radioisotopic or astrochronologic methods, paleomagnetism offers a high level of temporal resolution in unraveling questions of the past.

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020304

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThe subject of this review is an issue that was hotly debated even before the emergence of molecular data into the field of primate systematics. It is an understatement to say that dissenting opinions exist as to whether the chimpanzee (Pan) or gorilla (Gorilla) is the closest relative of humans (Homo) or whether, in fact, a three‐way split in an ancestral population resulted in three separate lineages that are evolutionarily equidistant. The purpose of this review is to introduce the novice to the problems and methodologies of molecular phylogenetic analysis and to summarize the studies that have applied this approach in attempting to resolve the human‐African ape trichotomy. The intent is to present the contribution of each study to the resolution of higher primate relationsh

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020305

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020307

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020308

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020309

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1060-1538    

DOI:10.1002/evan.1360020301

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Inc.    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY