Asian Paleoanthropology: From Africa to China and Beyond

By Christopher J. Norton and David R. Braun

Book Overview

1. Asian paleoanthropology: An introduction Christopher J. Norton and David R. Braun 2. The colonization of "Savannahstan" issues of timing(s) and patterns of dispersal across Asia in the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Robin W. Dennell 3. On the road to China: The environmental landscape of the Early Pleistocene in western Eurasia and its implication for the dispersal of Homo Miriam Belmaker 4. East Africa and East Asia: Comparisons of the earliest archaeological evidence David R. Braun, Christopher J. Norton, and John W.K. Harris 5. Inter-continental variation in Acheulean bifaces Ceri B. K. Shipton and Michael D. Petraglia 6. Cranial shape in Asian Homo erectus: geographic, anagenetic, and size-related variation Karen L. Baab 7. Rethinking the Palearctic-Oriental biogeographic boundary in Quaternary China Christopher J. Norton, Changzhu Jin, Yuan Wang, and Yingqi Zhang 8. The history of hominin occupation of Central Asia in review Michelle M. Glantz 9. Core-and-flake assemblages of India Parth R. Chauhan 10. South Asia as a geographic crossroad: Patterns and predictions of hominin morphology in Pleistocene India Sheela Athreya 11. Cranial morphology and variation of the earliest Indonesian hominins Yousuke Kaifu, Etty Indriati, Fachroel Aziz, Iwan Kurniawan, Teuku Jacob, and Hisao Baba 12. Central-East China - a Plio-Pleistocene dispersal corridor: The current state of evidence for hominin occupations Christopher J. Norton, Xing Gao, Wu Liu, David R. Braun, and Xiujie Wu 13. The earliest hominin occupations in the Nihewan Basin of northern China: recent progress in field investigations Chen Shen, Xing Gao, and Qi Wei 14. Peopling in the Korean Peninsula Kidong Bae 15. When were the earliest hominin migrations to the Japanese Islands? Kazuto Matsufuji

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400733224
• ISBN13: 9789400733220
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"