All The World’s Primates

January 20th, 2012

Rowe N & M Myers, eds.  All The World’s Primates website at alltheworldsprimates.org.
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Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution

January 2nd, 2012

Wood B, ed. (2011)  Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 1264 pp., $560.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-4051-5510-6; $449 (E-book), ISBN 978-1-4443-4247-5.

Reviewed by:  Ian Tattersall, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 10024, USA.  E-mail address: iant@amnh.org

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Edited Volumes, January 2012, Reference work

Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

December 2nd, 2011

Werdelin L and WJ Sanders, eds. 2010. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. 1008 pp. ISBN: 97-0520257214
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Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution

December 2nd, 2011

Hallgrimsson B and BK Hall, eds. 2011.  Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution. University of California Press. 472 pp.  ISBN: 978-0520267091
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December 2011, Edited Volumes

Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

September 26th, 2011

Shapiro JA.  2011. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century.  FT Press Science, New Jersey. 272 pp. ISBN 978-0132780933.

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The Evidence for Evolution

September 26th, 2011

Rogers AR. 2011. The Evidence for Evolution. The University of Chicago Press. 128 pp. ISBN 978-0226723822

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The First Four Million Years of Human Evolution

August 8th, 2011

Walker A & C Stringer, eds. 2010.  The First Four Million Years of Human Evolution.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.  Vol 365; no 1556.  Pp 3263-3410.
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The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

August 8th, 2011

Shipman P.  2011. The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human. W.W. Norton & Company.  336 pp. ISBN 978-0393070545.
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August 2011, Popular Science, Single-Authored Books

Why I am NOT a scientist: anthropology and modern knowledge

June 2nd, 2011

Marks, J (2009) Why I am NOT a scientist: anthropology and modern knowledge.  344 pages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 978-0-520-25960-7.

Reviewed by: Alan G. Morris, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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June 2011, Single-Authored Books

The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives

May 1st, 2011

Lonsdorf EV, SR Ross, and T Matsuzawa, Eds (2010) The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives. University of Chicago Press.  464 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0226492797.
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