Asian Paleoanthropology From Africa to China and Beyond [Paperback]

This volume brings together a group of authors that address the question of the first out of Africa into Asia c. 2 Ma. The scope of the book is comprehensive as it covers almost every major region of Asia. The primary goal of this volume is to provide an updated synthesis of the current state of the Asian paleoanthropological and paleoenvironmental records. Papers include detailed studies of the theoretical constructs underlying the move out of Africa, including detailed reconstructions of the paleoenvironment and possible migration routes. Other papers detail the Plio-Pleistocene archaeological and hominin fossil records of particular regions.

The primary goal of this volume is to provide an updated synthesis of the current state of the Asian paleoanthropological and paleoenvironmental records.?Papers include detailed studies of the theoretical constructs underlying the move out of Africa.

1. Asian paleoanthropology: An introductionChristopher J. Norton and David R. Braun2. The colonization of Savannahstan: issues of timing(s) and patterns of dispersal across Asia in the Late Pliocene and Early PleistoceneRobin W. Dennell3. On the road to China: The environmental landscape of the Early Pleistocene in western Eurasia and its implication for the dispersal of HomoMiriam Belmaker4. East Africa and East Asia: Comparisons of the earliest archaeological evidenceDavid R. Braun, Christopher J. Norton, and John W.K. Harris5. Inter-continental variation in Acheulean bifacesCeri B. K. Shipton and Michael D. Petraglia6. Cranial shape in Asian Homo erectus: geographic, anagenetic, and size-related variationKaren L. Baab7. Rethinking the Palearctic-Oriental biogeographic boundary in Quaternary ChinaChristopher J. Norton, Changzhu Jin, Yuan Wang, and Yingqi Zhang8. The history of hominin occupation of Central Asia in reviewMichelle M. Glantz9. Core-and-flake assemblages of IndiaParth R. Chauhan10. South Asia as a geographic crossroad: Patterns and predictionlc2