Recent Discoveries and Perspectives in Human Evolution: Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start of the 21st Century’ Manchester 2013: Papers arising from ‘Exploring Human Origins: Exciting Discoveries at the Start o

The present volume is based on research articles submitted as part of an international conference Exploring Human Origins: Exciting discoveries at the start of the 21st Century', 5-10 August 2013 in Manchester, UK, under the auspices of the InternationalUnion of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). The main focus of these papers was to record the more recent fossil, archaeological and genomic discoveries in the field of human origins and evolution, besides a few very significant ones made in 1990s. This volume presents the findings of various researchers that highlight different perspectives contributing to the greater understanding of human origins and ongoing evolution. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables RECENT DISCOVERIES AND PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION: INTRODUCTION 1. A NEW JUVENILE CRANIUM FROM ZHAOTONG CITY, SOUTHWEST CHINA INDICATES COMPLEXITY OF HOMINOID EVOLUTION IN EASTERN ASIA 2. AUSTRALOPITHECINE SHOULDERS: NEW REMAINS FOR OLD DEBATE 3. HOMININ PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY IN ASIA COMES OF AGE 4. PLEISTOCENE HOMININ FOSSIL DISCOVERIES IN INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN EVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA 5. GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE CENTRAL NARMADA ALLUVIUM 6. THE ROLE OF BALKANS IN PEOPLING OF EUROPE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM SERBIA 7. THE ROLE OF LANDSCAPES IN SHAPING HOMININ HABITATS IN AFRICA 8. THE DENISOVA GENOME: AN UNEXPECTED WINDOW INTO THE PAST 9. PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE FIRST PALEONTOLOGICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLEISTOCENE LOCALITY IN ADRAR, MAURITANIA 10. THE ORSANG MAN: A ROBUST HOMO SAPIENS IN CENTRAL INDIA WITH ASIAN HOMO ERECTUS FEATURES 11. GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FLUVIAL TERRACES OF MIDDLE TAGUS RIVER, CENTRAL PORTUGAL 12. MORPHOMETRICS OF THE FRONTAL BONE: A NEW METHOD FOR MEASURING INTRACRANIAL PROFILES 13. DISCOVERY OF TWO PREHISTORIC SITES AT GALUDIH IN EAST SINGBHUM, JHARKHAND: A STUDY IN TYPO-TECHNOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY 14. UNBALANCED ENDEMIC ISLAND FAUNA: ARE HOMININS THE EXCEPTION? 15. IMAGING OLDOWAN-ACHEULIAN KNAPPERS: SCOPE & LIMITATIONS 16. PLEISTOCENE BEADS AND COGNITIVE EVOLUTION 17. THE ANDAMAN PYGMY: ORIGINS AND NEW ADAPTATIONS 18. AMAZING SKILLS: PRACTICE OF TREPANATION AROUND THE WORLD 19. DECRYPTION OF ETHNIC IDENTITY OF THE WHITE MUMMIES IN TARIM BASIN, CHINA 20. IDENTIFICATION OF A BREAST CANCER BRCA1 MUTATION IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA 21. DEPLETING BIOSPHERE RESERVES: TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CONCERNS IN INDIA 22. ROCK ART IN INDIA: A DATA APPRAISAL 23. ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION OF THE TREPANNED NEOLITHIC WOMAN OF BURZAHOM, KASHMIR Back Cover Edited By Anek R. Sankhyan. ... Held Under The Auspicious [sic] Of The 17th Congress Of The International Union Of The Anthropological And Ethnological Sciences (iuaes) During 5-10 August 2013 At Manchester (u.k.)--page 1. Includes Bibliographical References.