HOMO ERECTUS: PLEISTOCENE EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE AWASH, ETHIOPIA.

GILBERT, W. Henry And Berhane Asfaw (Edit). Contri

ISBN 10: 0520251202 / ISBN 13: 9780520251205

Published by University Of California Press,, Berkeley, 2008

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First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Contributors include Garniss Curtis, Steve Frost, Thomas Stidham, Haruo Saegusa. ISBN: 0520251202 Pages: 480 This book is very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HOMO ERECTUS: PLEISTOCENE EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE AWASH, ETHIOPIA.
• Publisher: University Of California Press,, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520251202
• ISBN 13: 9780520251205
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume, the first in a series devoted to the paleoanthropological resources of the Middle Awash Valley of Ethiopia, studies Homo erectus, a close relative of Homo sapiens. Written by a team of highly regarded scholars, this book provides the first detailed descriptions, photographs, and 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.These fossils contribute to our understanding human evolution, and the associated fauna provide new information about the distribution and variability of Pleistocene mammals in eastern Africa. The contributors are all active researchers who worked on the paleontology and geology of these unique deposits. Here they have combined their disparate efforts into a single volume, making the original research results accessible to both the specialist and the general reader. The volume synthesizes environmental backdrop and anatomical detail to open an unparalleled window on the African Pleistocene and its inhabitants.

About the Author

W. Henry Gilbert is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University, East Bay, and is Assistant Researcher at the Human Evolution Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. Berhane Asfaw is codirector of the Middle Awash research project and operates the Rift Valley Research Service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.