The comparative approach in evolutionary anthropology and biology
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| Glavni autor: | Nunn, Charles L. (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Predmet: |
Sadržaj:
- The importance of comparison
- Basic phylogenetic concepts and "tree thinking"
- Reconstructing ancestral states for discrete traits
- Reconstructing ancestral states for quantitative traits
- Modeling evolutionary change
- Correlated evolution and testing adaptive hypotheses
- Comparative methods to detect correlated evolutionary change
- Using trees to study biological and cultural diversification
- Size, allometry, and phylogeny
- Human cultural traits and linguistic evolution
- Behavior, ecology, and conservation of biological and cultural diversity
- Investigating evolutionary singularities
- Developing a comparative database and targeting future data collection
- Conclusions and future directions.