Olduvai Gorge

Klappentext The purpose of this volume is to provide a context in which the fossil human remains and the Stone Age cultural sequence at Olduvai can be studied. Zusammenfassung In this set of books Leakey and his collaborators discuss the geological evidence! its relation to the fauna and other fossil evidence! the problems of climatic sequence and the use of potassium-argon dating. The purpose of this volume is to provide a context in which the fossil human remains and the Stone Age cultural sequence at Olduvai can be studied. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps and text figures; List of plates; Introductory note; Foreword Professor G. Gaylord Simpson; Introduction; 1. The general geological evidence; 2. Review of earlier reports on the fauna; 3. Mammalian fauna: other than Bovidae; 4. Mammalian fauna: Bovidae; 5. Non-mammalian fauna; 6. Review of the faunal evidence; 7. The problems of the climatic sequence; 8. Dating by the potassium-argon technique; 9. Note on fossil human discoveries and cultural evidence; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: L. S. B. Leakey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521105170
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10517-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)