Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase: A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Human Evolution Series) - Hardcover

 
9780195398229: Life and Death at the Pestera cu Oase: A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe (Human Evolution Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 019539822X ISBN 13: 9780195398229
Publisher: OUP USA, 2012

Synopsis

This volume provides the primary description and interpretation of this important Quaternary site.

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About the Author

Erik Trinkaus is a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University, who has been analyzing the late archaic and early modern fossil human remains since his doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. He is concerned primarily with the changes in human biology that reflect the emergence of modern humans.

Silviu Constantin is a geologist and senior researcher at the "Emil Racovita" Institute of Spelology. His research covers all aspects of physical speleology and karst geology with a special interest on U/Th dating of carbonates, analysis of sedimentary sequences in caves and paleoclimate reconstructions based on speleothems.

João Zilhão is an archaeologist, currently ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. His excavation and investigation work have primarily concerned the fate of the Neandertals, the origins of art and symbolic behavior, and the emergence of farming.



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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019539822X
ISBN 13 
9780195398229
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
452
Editor
Trinkaus Erik, Constantin Silviu, Zilhco Joco