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Palaeontologia Africana
Palaeontologia Africana
A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals
Author: D. Margaret Avery
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-04-11
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1108480888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Annals of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Author: Palaeontologia Africana
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 83
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Encyclopedia of Paleontology
Author: Ronald Singer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 1153
ISBN-13: 1134271417
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Encyclopedia of Paleontology is designed to address the shortage of general reference works on both vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology and to serve the needs of students and lay persons interested in the field. As the encyclopedia aims to provide basic information, the majority of the 350 entries are devoted to explanations of paleontological concepts and techniques, examinations of the evolutionary development of particular organisms and biological features, profiles of major discoveries, and biographies of leading scientists. Each entry includes an essay and a further reading list. An international team of 200 leading experts in the field has prepared the illustrations and the essays, which range from concise descriptions to comprehensive discussions.
African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
Author: Sally C. Reynolds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-09
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1009293397
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Humans evolved in the dynamic landscapes of Africa under conditions of pronounced climatic, geological and environmental change during the past 7 million years. This book brings together detailed records of the paleontological and archaeological sites in Africa that provide the basic evidence for understanding the environments in which we evolved. Chapters cover specific sites, with comprehensive accounts of their geology, paleontology, paleobotany, and their ecological significance for our evolution. Other chapters provide important regional syntheses of past ecological conditions. This book is unique in merging a broad geographic scope (all of Africa) and deep time framework (the past 7 million years) in discussing the geological context and paleontological records of our evolution and that of organisms that evolved alongside our ancestors. It will offer important insights to anyone interested in human evolution, including researchers and graduate students in paleontology, archaeology, anthropology and geology.
Palaeontologia Africana
Cenozoic Mammals of Africa
Author: Lars Werdelin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2010-07-20
Total Pages: 1008
ISBN-13: 0520257219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
Lothagam
Author: Meave G. Leakey
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2003-01-23
Total Pages: 689
ISBN-13: 0231507607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 be at least circumstantially linked to the reduction of equatorial forests and the spread of grasslands on that continent. The diverse Lothagam fauna documents the end-Miocene transition from forested to more open habitats that were exploited by grazing horses and antelopes, hippos, giant pigs, and true elephants. It also includes spectacularly complete fossil carnivore skeletons and some of the oldest human remains. Enlisting a team of highly qualified specialists, this book provides the geologic context and dating framework for the Lothagam fossiliferous sequences, describes the immense diversity of vertebrate fossils recovered from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene sediments, and synthesizes the results to interpret the changing paleoenvironments that prevailed at this site. The book will interest anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists, and anyone interested in human origins.
