Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated FaunaTerry Harrison Springer Science & Business Media, 27 de jan. de 2011 - 602 páginas This volume 2 and its companion volume 1 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned for the discovery of fossils of the early hominin Australopithecus afarensis, as well as remarkable trails of its footprints. The first volume provides new evidence on the geology, geochronology, ecology, ecomorphology and taphonomy of the site. The second volume describes newly discovered fossil hominins from Laetoli, belonging to Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus aethiopicus, and presents detailed information on the systematics and paleobiology of the diverse associated fauna. Together, these contributions provide one of the most comprehensive accounts of a fossil hominin site, and they offer important new insights into the early stages of human evolution and its context. |
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Human Evolution in Context Chapter 3 The Lower Third Premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis Mammalia Lagomorpha Leporidae from Laetoli T... | 54 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 4 Macroscelidea | 67 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 5 Galagidae Lorisoidea Primates | 75 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 6 Cercopithecids Cercopithecidae Primates | 83 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 7 Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds Laetoli | 140 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 8 Carnivora | 189 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 13 Suidae | 327 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 14 Giraffidae | 339 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 15 Bovidae | 363 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 16 Amphibia and Squamata | 466 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 17 Tortoises Chelonii Testudinidae | 479 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 18 Aves | 505 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 19 Beetles Insecta Coleoptera | 534 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 20 Lepidoptera Insecta | 549 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 9 Proboscidea | 233 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 10 Orycteropodidae | 263 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 11 Rhinocerotidae | 275 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 12 Equidae | 295 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 21 Trace Fossils Interpreted in Relation to the Extant Termite Fauna at Laetoli Tanzania | 555 |
Human Evolution in Context Chapter 22 Gastropoda | 567 |
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Termos e frases comuns
Aepyceros Aepyceros dietrichi EP afarensis Alcelaphini EP Alcelaphini Parmularius pandatus Antidorcas Antilopini Aepyceros dietrichi Antilopini Gazella janenschi Australopithecus Bernor bovids buccal canine cercopithecids crown cusp distal extant Eyasi Plateau facet fauna fossil Gazella Gazella janenschi EP Gentry Geraads Gerbilliscus Giraffa Hadar Harrison hipparion Hippotragini EP Hippotragus holotype hominins Hooijer horn core Human Evolution indet Kakesio Kanapoi Kenya LAET Laetoli Laetoli Loc lateral Leakey left mandible length lingual localities Lophocebus Lothagam Lower Laetolil Beds lower molars Madoqua avifluminis EP MAND fragment M3 mandible margin Mary Leakey material maurusium maxilla mesial metaconid middle wear Miocene molars morphology Neotragini Madoqua avifluminis occlusal view Olduvai Paleontology Papio Parapapio Parmularius pandatus EP Pleistocene Pliocene postcranial posterior premolars prox proximal relatively sample Sivatherium slightly smaller specimens stillei stratigraphic surface talonid Tanzania taxa taxon teeth tooth Tuffs UM3 Alcelaphini Upper Laetolil Beds upper molars Upper Ndolanya Beds vertebrae width