Kromdraai : a birthplace of Paranthropus in the Cradle of Humankind / editors, José Braga, John Francis Thackeray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braga, José, editor.

Thackeray, John Francis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings--Origin.

Human beings.

Paranthropus--South Africa.

Paranthropus.

Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (South Africa).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stellenbosch, South Africa : Sun Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book is dedicated to the palaeontogical site of Kromdraai, one of the most well-known sites of the 'Cradle of Humankind', the famous UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Gauteng province (South Africa). From 1938 to 1943, Robert Broom described important hominin fossil discoveries from Kromdraai as belonging to a single individual and designated the type specimen as one of our distant relatives, called Paranthropus robustus

Contents:

Evolutionary, chrono-cultural and palaeoenvironmental backgrounds to the Kromdraai: a regional perspective

A computer-guided 3D multiscale reconstruction of the Kromdraai site

A revised stratigraphy of Kromdraai

The Kromdraai hominins revisited with an updated portrayal of differences between Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus

Some preliminary interpretations of the oldest faunal assemblage from Kromdraai

Kromdraai: a preliminary hypothetical evolutionary scenario.

Notes:

"A South African Heritage Site"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-928355-07-2