Title Hominin environments in the East African pliocene : an assessment of the faunal evidence / R. Bobe, A. Zeresenay, A.K. Behrensmeyer (eds.)

Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages) : illustrations Series Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology ; v. 1 Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology ; v. 1. Contents Approaches to the analysis of faunal change during the East African Pliocene -- Environmental hypotheses of Pliocene human evolution -- African Pliocene and Pleistocene cercopithecid evolution and global climatic change -- Patterns of change in the Plio-Pleistocene carnivorans of eastern Africa -- Stratigraphic variation in Suidae from the Shungura Formation and some coeval deposits -- Patterns of abundance and diversity in late Cenozoic bovids from the Turkana and Hadar Basins, Kenya and Ethiopia -- Comparability of fossil data and its significance for the interpretation of hominin environments -- The effects of collection strategy and effort on faunal recovery -- Serengeti micromammals and their implications for Olduvai paleoenvironments -- Taphonomy and paleoecological context of the Upper Laetolil Beds (Localities 8 and 9), Laetoli in northern Tanzania -- The paleoecology of the Upper Laetolil Beds at Laetoli -- Fauna, taphonomy, and ecology of the Plio-Pleistocene Chiwondo Beds, Northern Malawi -- Finale and future Analysis archeologie archaeology evolutie evolution paleontologie palaeontology gewervelde dieren vertebrates levenswetenschappen life sciences Biology (General) Biologie (algemeen) Notes Proceedings of a symposium organized for the April 2003 meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Tempe, Ariz. and a workshop at the Smithsonian Institution in May 2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Fossil hominids -- Africa, Eastern -- Congresses Fossil hominids -- Food -- Africa, Eastern -- Congresses Animals, Fossil -- Africa, Eastern -- Observations -- Congresses Zoological surveys -- Africa, Eastern -- Congresses Taphonomy -- Africa, Eastern -- Congresses Paleoanthropology -- Congresses Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pliocene -- Congresses Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Animals, Fossil Fossil hominids Geology, Stratigraphic Paleoanthropology Pliocene Geologic Epoch Taphonomy Zoological surveys Eastern Africa Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Bobe, René, 1960- Alemseged, Zeresenay Behrensmeyer, Anna K. ("Kay") ISBN 9781402030987 1402030983

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