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This Textbook Provides A Collection Of Case Studies In Paleoanthropology Demonstrating The Method And Limitations Of Science. These Cases Introduce The Reader To Various Problems And Illustrate How They Have Been Addressed Historically. The Various Topics Selected Represent Important Corrections In The Field, Some Critical Breakthroughs, Models Of Good Reasoning And Experimental Design, And Important Ideas Emerging From Normal Science. Introduction: The Method Of Science -- Case Study 1. The Darwinian Paradigm: An Evolving World View -- Case Study 2. Proving Prehistory: William Pengelly And Scientific Excavation -- Case Study 3. Testing Predictions: Eugene Dubois And The Missing Link -- Case Study 4. Self-correcting Science: The Piltdown Forgery -- Case Study 5. Checking The Time: Geological Dating At Olduvai Gorge -- Case Study 6. Quantifying Evolution: Morris Goodman And Molecular Phylogeny -- Case Study 7. Reinterpreting Ramapithecus: Reconciling Fossils And Molecules -- Case Study 8. Taming The Killer Ape: The Science Of Taphonomy -- Case Study 9. Reading The Bones (1): Recognizing Bipedalism -- Case Study 10. Reading The Bones (2): Sizing Up The Ancestors -- Case Study 11. The
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John H. Langdon (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319415857
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Biology