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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilbert, W. Henry, 1970-

Asfaw, Berhane.

Series:

Middle Awash series

The Middle Awash series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homo erectus--Ethiopia--Middle Awash.

Homo erectus.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Pleistocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Paleontology--Pleistocene.

Paleontology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ethiopia--Middle Awash.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Human remains (Archaeology)--Ethiopia--Middle Awash.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Middle Awash (Ethiopia)--Antiquities.

Middle Awash (Ethiopia).

Ethiopia--Middle Awash.

Physical Description:

xxii, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]

Summary:

"Reports on one of the most exciting finds in recent years and fills a major gap in the fossil record of human evolution. It is a major achievement which will be of interest to paleontologists, geologists, stratigraphers, as well as a broader readership of students, scholars, and lay persons interested in human evolution."--Eric Delson, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York; and Research Associate, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History"Certain to be an important, even a standard, resource for the investigation and interpretation of the evolution of humans."--John M. Harris, Chief Curator, George C. Page Museum

Contents:

Geology and geochronology / Giday WoldeGabriel ... [et al.]

Bovidae / W. Henry Gilbert

Carnivora / W. Henry Gilbert, Nuria García, and F. Clark Howell

Cercopithecidae / W. Henry Gilbert and Steve Frost

Equidae / W. Henry Gilbert and Raymond L. Bernor

Giraffidae / W. Henry Gilbert

Hippopotamidae / Jean-Renaud Boisserie and W. Henry Gilbert

Elephantidae / Haruo Saegusa and W. Henry Gilbert

Rhinocerotidae / W. Henry Gilbert

Suidae / W. Henry Gilbert

Rare taxa / W. Henry Gilbert and Thomas Stidham

Homo erectus cranial anatomy / Berhane Asfaw, W. Henry Gilbert, and Gary D. Richards

Tomographic analysis of the Daka calvaria / W. Henry Gilbert ... [et al.]

Hominid systematics / W. Henry Gilbert

Daka Member hominid postcranial remains / W. Henry Gilbert

Ecological and biogeographic context of the Daka Member / W. Henry Gilbert

Conclusions : evolutionary insights from the Daka Member / W. Henry Gilbert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-448) and index.

ISBN:

9780520251205

0520251202

OCLC:

123766884