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A number of researchers have tried to characterise the anatomy and behavioural systems of early hominid and early modern human populations in an attempt to understand how we became what we are. Can archaeology, palaeo-anthropology and genetics tell us how and when human cultures developed the traits that make our societies different from those of our closest living relatives? In which cases are these differences substantial, and when do they simply reflect our definitions of culture, species, the image we have of their evolution or of ourselves? From Tools to Symbols, a collection of twenty-seven selected papers from a South African-French conference organised in honour of the well-known palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias, provides a multidisciplinary overview of this field of study. It is based on collaborative research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa by South African, French, American and German scholars in the last twenty years, and represents an excellent synthesis of the palaeontological and archaeological evidence of the last five million years of human evolution.
Hominids --- Paleoclimatology --- Hominidés --- Paléoclimatologie --- Tobias, Phillip Vallentine --- Tobias, Phillip V. --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Hominidés --- Paléoclimatologie --- Geologic climate --- Palaeoclimatology --- Paleoclimate --- Climatic changes --- Climatology --- Great apes --- Hominians --- Hominidae --- Homininae --- Hominins --- Homonids --- Man-like primates --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Primates --- Tobias, P. V.
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Animal physiology. Animal biophysics --- Biological anthropology. Palaeoanthropology --- Africa --- Fossil hominids --- Hominids --- Homme fossile --- Hominidés --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Afrique subsaharienne --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Great apes --- Hominians --- Hominidae --- Homininae --- Hominins --- Homonids --- Man-like primates --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Primates --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- -Africa, Black --- Africa, Subsaharan --- Africa, Tropical --- Africa South of the Sahara --- Black Africa --- Sub-Sahara Africa --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Subsahara Africa --- Subsaharan Africa --- Tropical Africa --- -Congresses --- -Antiquities --- Hominidés --- Congrès --- Antiquités --- Congresses --- Africa, Black
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This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors.
Paleolithic period. --- Fossil hominids. --- Human evolution. --- Social evolution. --- Paléolithique --- Homme fossile --- Homme --- Evolution sociale --- Evolution --- Fossil hominids --- Hominids --- Human evolution --- Paleolithic period --- Social evolution --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Social change --- Eolithic period --- Old Stone age --- Palaeolithic period --- Stone age --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Great apes --- Hominians --- Hominidae --- Homininae --- Hominins --- Homonids --- Man-like primates --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Primates --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- Origin
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In this fascinating volume, the Middle Paleolithic archaeology of the Middle East is brought to the current debate on the origins of modern humans. These collected papers gather the most up-to-date archaeological discoveries of Western Asia - a region that is often overshadowed by African or European findings - but the only region in the world where both Neandertal and early modern human fossils have been found. The collection includes reports on such well known cave sites as Kebara, Hayonim, and Qafzeh, among others. The information and interpretations available here are a must for any serious researcher or student of anthropology or human evolution.
Hominids --- Neanderthals --- Homme de Néanderthal --- Hominidés --- Middle East --- Asia --- Moyen-Orient --- Asie --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B --- Asia -- Antiquities. --- Hominids -- Asia. --- Hominids -- Middle East. --- Middle East -- Antiquities. --- Neanderthals -- Asia. --- Neanderthals -- Middle East. --- Social sciences. --- Life sciences. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Great apes --- Hominians --- Hominidae --- Homininae --- Hominins --- Homonids --- Man-like primates --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Primates --- Homo mousteriensis --- Homo neanderthalensis --- Homo primogenicus --- Homo sapiens neanderthalensis --- Neandertalers --- Neandertals --- Neanderthal race --- Neanderthalers --- Fossil hominids
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have already become an affordable and cost-efficient tool to quickly map a targeted area for many emerging applications in the arena of ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation. Managers, owners, companies, and scientists are using professional drones equipped with high-resolution visible, multispectral, or thermal cameras to assess the state of ecosystems, the effect of disturbances, or the dynamics and changes within biological communities inter alia. We are now at a tipping point on the use of drones for these type of applications over natural areas. UAV missions are increasing but most of them are testing applicability. It is time now to move to frequent revisiting missions, aiding in the retrieval of important biophysical parameters in ecosystems or mapping species distributions. This Special Issue shows UAV applications contributing to a better understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem status, threats, changes, and trends. It documents the enhancement of knowledge in ecological integrity parameters mapping, long-term ecological monitoring based on drones, mapping of alien species spread and distribution, upscaling ecological variables from drone to satellite images: methods and approaches, rapid risk and disturbance assessment using drones, mapping albedo with UAVs, wildlife tracking, bird colony and chimpanzee nest mapping, habitat mapping and monitoring, and a review on drones for conservation in protected areas.
Pinus nigra --- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) --- biological conservation --- precision --- flight altitude --- accuracy --- multiscale approach --- low-cost UAV --- LTER --- small UAV --- ecological monitoring --- Sequoia --- long-term monitoring --- albedo --- image processing --- vegetation indices --- Tanzania --- ground-truth --- Sentinel-2 --- biodiversity threats --- field experiments --- effective management --- great apes --- drone --- ecological integrity --- multispectral --- rice crops --- conservation --- protected areas --- survey --- response surface --- aerial survey --- bird censuses --- multispectral mapping --- drones --- UAS --- hyperspectral --- UAV --- random forest --- Pinus sylvestris --- NDVI --- UAVs --- Parrot Sequoia --- supervised classification --- drone mapping --- RPAS --- greenness index --- image resolution --- Plegadis falcinellus --- Motus --- biodiversity --- Landsat 8 --- Sentinel --- boreal forest --- phenology --- LTSER --- western swamphen --- Parrot SEQUOIA --- native grassland --- forêt Montmorency --- drought --- forest regeneration --- radio-tracking
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