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Ardipithecus kadabba : late Miocene evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia /
The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash lat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Middle Awash series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash late Miocene faunal assemblages recovered from sediments firmly dated to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago. Compared to other assemblages of similar age, the Middle Awash record is unparalleled in taxonomic diversity, composed of 2,760 specimens representing at least sixty five mammalian genera. Th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 641 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-629) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520942509 0520942507 |