Title Homo erectus : pleistocene evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia / edited by W. Henry Gilbert and Berhane Asfaw

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Middle Awash series Middle Awash series. Contents Geology and geochronology / Giday WoldeGabriel [and others] -- Bovidae / W. Henry Gilbert -- Carnivora / W. Henry Gilbert, Nuria García, and F. Clark Howell -- Cercopithecidae / W. Henry Gilbert and Steve Frost -- Equidae / W. Henry Gilbert and Raymond L. Bernor -- Giraffidae / W. Henry Gilbert -- Hippopotamidae / Jean-Renaud Boisserie and W. Henry Gilbert -- Elephantidae / Haruo Saegusa and W. Henry Gilbert -- Rhinocerotidae / W. Henry Gilbert -- Suidae / W. Henry Gilbert -- Rare taxa / W. Henry Gilbert and Thomas Stidham -- Homo erectus cranial anatomy / Berhane Asfaw, W. Henry Gilbert, and Gary D. Richards -- Tomographic analysis of the Daka calvaria / W. Henry Gilbert [and others] -- Hominid systematics / W. Henry Gilbert -- Daka Member hominid postcranial remains / W. Henry Gilbert -- Ecological and biogeographic context of the Daka Member / W. Henry Gilbert -- Conclusions : evolutionary insights from the Daka Member / W. Henry Gilbert 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-448) and index Notes Print version record Subject Homo erectus -- Ethiopia -- Middle Awash Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene. Paleontology -- Pleistocene. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ethiopia -- Middle Awash Human remains (Archaeology) -- Ethiopia -- Middle Awash NATURE -- Fossils. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical. Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Geology, Stratigraphic Homo erectus Human remains (Archaeology) Paleontology Pleistocene Geologic Epoch SUBJECT Middle Awash (Ethiopia) -- Antiquities Subject Ethiopia -- Middle Awash Form Electronic book Author Gilbert, W. Henry, 1970- Asfaw, Berhane. LC no. 2021696917 ISBN 9780520933774 052093377X 128235924X 9781282359246 9780520251205 0520251202 9786612359248 6612359242

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