{"product_id":"functional-inference-in-paleoanthropology-9781421442945","title":"Functional Inference in Paleoanthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deep examination of functional morphology, a renowned paleoanthropologist offers a new way to investigate human evolution through the fossil record.   It is common for two functional anatomists to examine the exact same fossil material, yet argue over its evolutionary significance. How can this be? Traditionally, paleoanthropology has interpreted hominin fossil morphology by first considering the ecological challenges hominins faced, then drawing adaptive inferences based on the idea that skeletal morphology is largely a reflection of paleoecology. In Functional Inference in Paleoanthropology, innovative paleoanthropologist David J. Daegling suggests that researchers can resolve dichotomous interpretations of the fossil record by instead focusing on the biology and development of the bones themselvessuch as measurable responses to deformations, stresses, and damage. Critically exploring how scientists probe and interpret fossil morphology for behavioral and adaptive inferences,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Unresolved Problems in Human Evolution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Situating Functional Morphology in Evolutionary Biology\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Approaches to Functional Inference in Paleoanthropology\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Bipedality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Hominin Dietary Adaptations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Osteocyte Perspective on Human Evolution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Teleonomy Revisited\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408144671063,"sku":"9781421442945","price":65.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421442945.jpg?v=1730501749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/functional-inference-in-paleoanthropology-9781421442945","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}