Leakey / Harris Lothagam

The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-50760-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Leakey, Meave

Harris, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, by Meave G. Leakey
Geology, Paleosols, and Dating, by Craig S. Feibel, Jonathan G. Wynn, and Ian McDougall
Crustacea and Pisces, by Joel W. Martin, Sandra Trautwein, and Kathlyn M. Stewart
Reptilia and Aves, by Roger C. Wood, Glenn W. Storrs, John M. Harris, and Meave G. Leakey
Lagomorpha and Rodentia, by Alisa J. Winkler
Primates, by Meave G. Leakey, Mark F. Teaford, Carol V. Ward, and Alan C. Walker
Carnivora, by Lars Werdelin
Proboscidea and Tubulidentata, by Pascal Tassy, John M. Harris, and Simon A. H. Milledge
Perissodactyla, by John M. Harris, Meave G. Leakey, and Raymond L. Bernor
Hippopotamidae and Suidae, by Eleanor M. Weston, John M. Harris, and Meave G. Leakey
Ruminantia, by John M. Harris
Isotopes, by Thure E. Cerling, John M. Harris, Meave G. Leakey, and Nina Mudida
Lothagam: Its Significance and Contributions, by Meave G. Leakey and John M. Harris

Über Autor(innen)

Meave Leakey, formerly head of the Division of Paleontology at the National Museums of Kenya, has recently been in the news as the leader of the team that discovered the new hominid Kenyanthropus platyops, dating from 3.2-3.5 million years ago.

John M. Harris, also formerly head of the Division of Paleontology at the National Museums of Kenya, is Chief Curator and Head of Vertebrate Programs at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.