The Nariokotome Homo erectus Skeleton

About the author

Alan Walker is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. A Royal Society and MacArthur Fellow, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1996, he and Pat Shipman won the prestigious Rhône-Poulenc Prize for The Wisdom of the Bones.

Summary

The discovery of the Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton, a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology, is fully documented in this book. Beautifully illustrated, it takes us into the field and the laboratory, and into the far reaches of prehistory, to show us what the fossilized remains of a young boy can tell us about our beginnings.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard Leakey (Editor), Alan Walker (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1993
• EAN: 9780674600751
• ISBN: 978-0-674-60075-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 279 mm x 41 mm
• Weight: 2087 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology; SCIENCE / Paleontology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Early Man, Palaeontology, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution