Homo erectus : Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Asfaw, Berhane, Gilbert, W. Henry, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pleistocene Geologic Epoch.
Paleontology.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Homo erectus.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
NATURE > Fossils.
Restes humains (Archeologie) > Éthiopie > Moyen-Awash (Site archeologique)
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Éthiopie > Moyen-Awash (Site archeologique)
Paleontologie > Pleistocene.
Stratigraphie > Pleistocene.
Homo erectus > Éthiopie > Moyen-Awash (Site archeologique)
Human remains (Archaeology) > Ethiopia > Middle Awash.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Ethiopia > Middle Awash.
Paleontology > Pleistocene.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Pleistocene.
Homo erectus > Ethiopia > Middle Awash.
Ethiopia > Middle Awash.
Middle Awash (Ethiopia) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (480 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780520933774

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