Speciation of Modern Homo Sapiens

This volume addresses the question of the speciation of modern Homo sapiens. The subject raises profound questions about the nature of the species, our defining characteristic (it is suggested it is language), and the brain changes and their genetic basis that make us distinct.

List of contents

• THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES


• The Out-of-Africa Hypothesis of Modern Human Origins


• The Earliest Evidence of Cognitive Ability


• The Case for Saltational Events in Human Evolution


• Grades and Transitions in Human Evolution


• LANGUAGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRAIN


• From Proto-language to Language


• Is the Neural Basis of Vocalisation Different in Non-Human Primates and Homo Sapiens?


• Laterality and Human Speciation


• When did Directional ssymmetry Enter the Record?


• Bihemispheric Language: How the Two Hemispheres Collaborate in the Processing of Language


• THE SEARCH FOR A CRITICAL EVENT


• Sexual Selection, Timing, and the X-Y Homologous Gene: Did Homo Sapiens Speciate on the Y Chromosome?


• What the Y chromosome can tell us about the origins of modern humans


• Do the Hominid-Specific Regions of X-Y Homology Contain Candidate Genes Potentially Involved in a Critical Event Linked to Speciation?


• Preferential Sex Linkage of Sexually Selected Genes: Evidence and a New Explanation

Product details

• Authors: T. J. Crow, T. J. (Warneford Hospital Crow, T.J. Crow
• Assisted by: T. J. Crow (Editor), T. J. (Warneford Hospital Crow (Editor), Tim J Crow (Editor), Tim J. Crow (Editor), Crow T. J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2004
• EAN: 9780197263112
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726311-2
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Proceedings of the British Academy; Proceedings of the British Aca; Proceedings of the British Academy; Proceedings of the British Aca
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, SCIENCE / Paleontology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Early Man, Genetics (non-medical), Palaeontology, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution, Evolution / Evolutionary biology