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Luce professor of human origins at george washington. This is the ebook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Bernard wood draws on over thirty years of experience to provide an insiders view of the field and some of the personalities in it, and demonstrates that our understanding of human evolution is critically dependent on advances in related sciences such as paleoclimatology, geochronology, systematics, genetics, and developmental pdf biology. Bernard wood is university professor of human origins at george washington university. In this very short introduction bernard wood traces the history of. Bernard wood the smithsonian institutions human origins. The combination of ancient and modern human dna has contributed to. An introduction to molecular evolution and phylogenetics. A very short introduction by bernard wood epub the recent discovery of the diminutive homo floresiensis nicknamed the hobbit in indonesia has sparked new interest in the study of human evolution. A very short introduction, by bernard wood, oxford, 2005, 144 ff. Introductory texts,test prep, and practice problems for.
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