Table of Contents

• • About the Book
  • Reviewer's Notes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction

• Part I: An Introduction to Paleoanthropology

  • 1. Paleoanthropology
  • 2. Primate Classification
  • 3. Primate Evolution
  • 4. Primate Social Organization
  • 5. What is a Hominim

• Part II: Miocene Epoch

  • Part II: Introduction
  • 6. Sahelanthropus tchadensis
  • 7. Orrorin tugenensis
  • 8. Ardipithecus ramidus, Ardipithecus kadabba

• Part III: Pliocene Epoch

  • Part III: Introduction
  • 9. Gracile Australopiths
  • 10. Australopithecus anamensis
  • 11. Australopithecus afarensis
  • 12. Australopithecus bahrelghazali
  • 13. Kenyanthropus platyops
  • 14. Australopithecus prometheus or africanus
  • 15. Australopithecus africanus

• Part IV: Pleistocene Epoch

  • Part IV: Introduction
  • 16. Paranthropines
  • 17. Australopithecus/Paranthropus aethiopicus
  • 18. Paranthropus boisei
  • 19. Paranthropus robustus
  • 20. Australopithecus garhi
  • 21. Australopithecus sediba
  • 22. Genus Homo
  • 23. Homo habilis
  • 24. Homo rudolfensis
  • 25. Homo species indeterminate
  • 26. Homo naledi
  • 27. The "erectus Grade"
  • 28. Homo ergaster
  • 29. Homo erectus
  • 30. Homo georgicus
  • 31. Homo antecessor
  • 32. Homo floresiensis
  • 33. Homo heidelbergensis
  • 34. The Denisovans
  • 35. Homo neanderthalensis
  • 36. Homo sapiens
• • Postscript
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • About Open SUNY Textbooks