Lothagam : the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa /

Located at the southwest corner of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Lothagam represents one of the most important intervals in African prehistory. Early human remains are restricted in distribution to Africa and the acquisition of an upright bipedal striding gait, the hallmark of humanity, appears to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Leakey, Meave G. (Editor ), Harris, John M. (John Michael) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]
Temas:
From 10 to 25 million years ago
Vertebrates, Fossil > Kenya > Lothagam Site.
Paleontology > Miocene.
Animals, Fossil > Kenya > Lothagam Site.
Vertébrés fossiles > Kenya > Lothagam (Site archéologique)
Paléontologie > Miocène.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Animals, Fossil.
Miocene Geologic Epoch.
Paleontology.
Vertebrates, Fossil.
Lothagam Site (Kenya)
Lothagam (Kenya : Site archéologique)
Kenya > Lothagam Site.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Lothagam sequence / Craig S. Feibel
  • Miocene and Pliocene paleosols of Lothagam / Jonathan G. Wynn
  • Numerical age control for the Miocene-Pliocene succession at Lothagam, a hominoid-bearing sequence in the northern Kenya Rift / Ian McDougall and Craig S. Feibel
  • Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam / Joel W. Martin and Sandra Trautwein
  • Fossil fish remains from Mio-Pliocene deposits at Lothagam, Kenya / Kathlyn M. Stewart
  • Fossil turtles from Lothagam / Roger C. Wood
  • Late Miocene-early Pliocene crocodilian fauna of Lothagam, southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya / Glenn W. Storrs
  • Lothagam birds / John M. Harris and Meave G. Leakey
  • Rodents and lagomorphs from the Miocene and Pliocene of Lothagam, northern Kenya / Alisa J. Winkler
  • Cercopithecidae from Lothagam / Meave G. Leakey, Mark F. Teaford and Carol V. Ward
  • The Lothagam hominids / Meave G. Leakey and Alan C. Walker
  • Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya / Lars Werdelin
  • Elephantoidea from Lothagam / Pascal Tassy
  • Deinotheres from the Lothagam succession / John M. Harris
  • Fossil aardvarks from the Lothagam beds / Simon A.H. Milledge
  • Lothagam Rhinocerotidae / John M. Harris and Meave G. Leakey
  • Systematics and evolutionary biology of the late Miocene and early Pliocene hipparionine equids from Lothagam, Kenya / Raymond L. Bernor and John M. Harris
  • Fossil Hippopotamidae from Lothagam / Eleanor M. Weston
  • Lothagam Suidae / John M. Harris and Meave G. Leakey
  • Lothagam giraffids / John M. Harris
  • Bovidae from the Lothagam succession / John M. Harris
  • Stable isotope ecology of northern Kenya, with emphasis on the Turkana Basin / Thure E. Cerling [and others]
  • Isotope paleoecology of the Nawata and Nachukui formations at Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya / Thure E. Cerling, John M. Harris and Meave G. Leakey
  • Lothagam : its significance and contributions / Meave G. Leakey and John M. Harris
  • Appendix : Notes on the reconstructions of fossil vertebrates from Lothagam / Mauricio Antón.

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