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Title: Paleoanthropology by Milford H. Wolpoff ISBN: 0-07-071676-5 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $90.20 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A comprehensive and merticulous work
Comment: Covering the subject of Paleoanthropology is never easy, at best. This is especially so when one has a competitor of the quality of Richard Klein's "The Human Career". However, Professor Wolpoff has brilliantly succeeded at carving his own niche, with Klein's book focusing more on archaeology and his more on skeletal analyses. I would recommend students purchase both textbooks to obtain the best overall picture. Paleoanthropology is separated into four parts, with a total of 14 chapters ranging from descriptions of the process of evolution, to the distinguishing anatomical features of the Anthropoidea and the hominins, and to the late Pleistocene. A comprehensive glossary is given at the end of the book which proves invaluable. A general collection of references is found at the end of the book and more specific references can be found after each chapter. It is not a book for newcomers who should introduce themselves to the subject through a more general summary; rather it is for the dedicated amateur and scholars to utilise at graduate level and as a professional reference work. I am an archaeologist and would recommend it for anyone who is seriously interested in paleoanthropology and archaeology.
Rating: 5
Summary: The number 1 reference!
Comment: This book is not meant to be "eye candy" (although in many ways it is). It is a serious reference book with no hooks. Just the facts ...and tons OF 'em. If it is boring to any student, it is because he/she has no love of the subject or has a personal grudge of some sort. I am especially grateful for all the detailed descriptions of fossils (especially pertaining to the skull). Professor Wolpoff is a no-nonsense scientist who knows and loves his subject thoroughly! It is sad that politics have so thoroughly invaded the field of paleoanthropology. It's immature effects are plain to see in this series of reviews. Prof. Wolpoff is THE leader of one side of an important issue and critiscism is inevitable. It is also regrettable but I add this voice to thank him for his good and dedicated work.
Rating: 1
Summary: Pretentious Wolpoff strikes again!
Comment: Wolpoff's book is literally unreadable and pretentious beyond words. I took a course from Wolpoff in the past, and as with his teaching, the book is often unclear, even at defining important vocabulary terms. Even as simply a reference this mammoth book fails miserably.
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Title: The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins by Richard G. Klein ISBN: 0226439631 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Race and Human Evolution: A Fatal Attraction by Milford Wolpoff, Rachel Caspari ISBN: 0813335469 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Human Origins : The Fossil Record by Clark Spencer Larsen, Robert M. Matter, Daniel L. Gebo ISBN: 1577660021 Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Dawn of Human Culture by Richard G. Klein ISBN: 0471252522 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 29 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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