Homo erectus : pleistocene evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia /
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 analysi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Middle Awash series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 informa. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-448) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520933774 052093377X 128235924X 9781282359246 9780520251205 0520251202 9786612359248 6612359242 |