The speciation of modern Homo sapiens / edited by Tim J. Crow.

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2002.

iv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Morphological and behavioural origins of modern humans / Chris Stringer -- Archaeology and the origins of modern humans: European and African perspectives / Paul Mellars -- Case for saltational events in human evolution / Ian Tattersall -- Grades and transitions in human evolution / Mark Collard -- From protolanguage to language / Derek Bickerton -- Is the neural basis of vocalisation different in non-human primates and Homo sapiens? / Detlev Ploog -- Laterality and human speciation / Michael C. Corballis -- When did directional asymmetry enter the record? / James Steele -- Bihemispheric language: how the two hemispheres collaborate in the processing of language / Norman D. Cook -- Sexual selection, timing and an X-Y homologous gene: did Homo sapiens speciate on the Y chromosome? / Tim J. Crow -- What can the Y chromosome tell us about the origin of modern humans? / Chris Tyler-Smith -- Do the hominid-specific regions of X-Y homology contain candidate genes potentially involved in a critical event linked to speciation? / Carole A. Sargent, Patricia Blanco & Nabeel A. Affara -- Preferential sex linkage of sexually selected genes: evidence and a new explanation / Klaus Reinhold.

Includes bibliographical references.