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Homo erectus : pleistocene evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia / [edited by] W. Henry Gilbert and Berhane Asfaw.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Middle Awash seriesPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: xxii, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780520251205 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 569.970963 23 G466
Contents:
1. Introduction Chapter 2. Geology and Geochronology Chapter 3. Bovidae Chapter 4. Carnivora Chapter 5. Cercopithecidae Chapter 6. Equidae Chapter 7. Giraffidae Chapter 8. Hippopotamidae Chapter 9. Elephantidae Chapter 10. Rhinocerotidae Chapter 11. Suidae Chapter 12. Rare Taxa Chapter 13. Homo erectus Cranial Anatomy Chapter 14. Tomographic Analysis of the Daka Calvaria Chapter 15. Hominid Systematics Chapter 16. Daka Member Hominid Postcranial Remains Chapter 17. Ecological and Biogeographic Context of the Daka Member Chapter 18. Conclusions: Evolutionary Insights from the Daka Member Bibliography Index.
Summary: Offers descriptions, photographs, and an analysis of the fossil vertebrates - from elephants and hyenas to humans - from the Daka Member of the Bouri Formation of the Afar, a place renowned for an abundant and lengthy record of human ancestors
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 569.970963 G466 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 135652
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-448) and index.

1. Introduction Chapter
2. Geology and Geochronology Chapter
3. Bovidae Chapter
4. Carnivora Chapter
5. Cercopithecidae Chapter
6. Equidae Chapter
7. Giraffidae Chapter
8. Hippopotamidae Chapter
9. Elephantidae Chapter
10. Rhinocerotidae Chapter
11. Suidae Chapter
12. Rare Taxa Chapter
13. Homo erectus Cranial Anatomy Chapter
14. Tomographic Analysis of the Daka Calvaria Chapter
15. Hominid Systematics Chapter
16. Daka Member Hominid Postcranial Remains Chapter
17. Ecological and Biogeographic Context of the Daka Member Chapter
18. Conclusions: Evolutionary Insights from the Daka Member Bibliography
Index.

Offers descriptions, photographs, and an analysis of the fossil vertebrates - from elephants and hyenas to humans - from the Daka Member of the Bouri Formation of the Afar, a place renowned for an abundant and lengthy record of human ancestors

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