Питер Вуд - Жизнь до человека

For the help given in the preparation of this book, the editors are indebted to Stanley Awramik, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Donald Baird, Curator, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University; UmeshBanerjee, Department of Geological Sciences, Harvard University; Elso S. Barghoorn, Professor of Botany, Harvard University; Joan Bliss, Office of the Councillor Scientific, Australian Embassy, Washington, D. C; Richard Bremner, Programming Manager for llliac, Burroughs Corporation, Paoli, Pa.; Carol Campbell, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Frank Carpenter, Fisher Professor of Natural History, Harvard University; Robert L. Caroll, Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal; Joseph Cope, Gilbert Cope Foundation, West Chester, Pa.; Ross Dalen, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis; Irven DeVore, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University; Peter Dodson, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Daniel Fisher, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Roger Sheridan Fouts, Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Richard D. Fox, Associate Professor of Geology and Zoology, University of Alberta,Edmonton; Peter Galton, Department of Zoology, University of Bridgeport, Conn.; Shirley Hartman, Chief of Exhibit Design, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Nicholas Hotton III, Curator, Fossil Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.; James A. Jensen, Curator, Earth Sciences Museum, Brigham Young University, Dinosaur National Museum, Provo, Utah; Glenn L. Jepsen, Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Princeton University; Richard Kay, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Zofia Kielan - Jaworowska, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warsaw, Poland; Herbert Killackey, Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, R. I.; Victoria Kohler, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Frank Long, Film Officer, Australian News and Information Bureau, New York City; Copeland McClintock, Assistant to the Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Jesse Merrida, Museum Specialist, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of,Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D. C.; Judith H. Metzger, Research Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, Harvard University; Lorus Milne, Professor of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham; David R. Pilbeam, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University; Edward S. Ross, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; Dale Russel, Chief, Paleontology Division, National Museum of Natural Sciences of Canada, Ottawa; Bobb Schaeffer, Chairman and Curator, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; Charles Schaff, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Charles Smart, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University; William N. Tavolga, Research Associate, Department of Animal Behavior, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; С Richard Taylor, Director, Concord Field Station, Bedford, Mass.; Richard H. Tedford, Curator, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; Keith S. Thomson, Associate Professor of Biology, Peabody Museum, Yale University; Howard Topoff, Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; Karl M. Waage, Professcr, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.

Предисловие 5

Вступление 8

Глава первая. Венец всего живущего 10

Глава вторая. Извилистый путь к человеку 26

Глава третья. Великие неудачи природы 62

Глава четвертая. Долги прошлому

в человеческом организме 98

Глава пятая. Сила группы 122

Предметно-именной указатель 152

Литература 156

Источники иллюстраций 157

Благодарности 158

ЖИЗНЬ ДО ЧЕЛОВЕКА

П. Вуд,

Л. Вачек,

Д. Дж. Хэмблин,

Дж. Н. Леонард

Редактор И. Хидекель Художник В. Карпов

Художественный редактор Ю. Урманчеев Технический редактор А. Реэоухова Корректоры С. Денисова, И. Соколова

Сдано в набор 12 / VIII 1976 г.

Подписано к печати 18 / V 1977 г.

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