Current Argument on Early Man

Current Argument on Early Man: Report from a Nobel Symposium is a collection of papers that sheds in light into the evolutionary history of humans. The book reviews the state of knowledge regarding the human origins and pre-history.
The coverage of the text includes articles that cover archeological and biological evidence that can lead to the origins of human. This topic includes evidence using viral gene sequences suggesting an Asian origin of human; a review of archeological evidence for early hominid land-use and ecological relations; and the excavation of the cave at Chou-kou-tienin 1927 and 1928.
The book will be of great use to anthropologists, paleontologists, archeologists, and evolutionary biologists.

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Introduction

From Linn to Leakey: Six Signposts in Human Evolution

The Excavation of the Cave at Chou-ko -tien in 1927 and 1928: A Postscript

Consensus, Controversy and Complications

How Many Species of Hominids at Lake Turkana?

Early African Hominid Phylogenesis: A Re-evaluation

Homo erectus and Human Evolution in the African Middle Pleistocene

A Survey and Synthesis of the African Hominids of the Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Periods

Early Man, Environment and Tools

Possible Ways of Analysing the Techniques of Early Man

European Homo erectus and the Origin of Homo sapiens

Pleistocene Mammalian Faunas in the Holarctic Region

New Materials of Skeletal Remains of Ancient Peoples in the Territory of the Soviet Union

The Pithecanthropus of Indonesia: Phenotype, Genetics and Ecology

Natural Selection and Genetic Drift in Early Man

Palaeoanthropology in the New China

The Differences between Australopithecus and Homo: Preliminary Conclusions from the Omo Research Expedition's Studies

Casting the Net Wide: A Review of Archaeological Evidence for Early Hominid Land-use and Ecological Relations

Evidence Using Viral Gene Sequences Suggesting an Asian Origin of Man

Major Trends in Human Evolution