Guide to Fossil Man
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Michael H. Day's Guide to Fossil Man is the standard reference work on hominid remains found at the major palaeolithic sites throughout the world. This fourth edition now includes details of fifteen new sites, as well as new evidence from thirty-four previously known sites featured in earlier editions of the book. Day begins with an introduction to the anatomy of human fossils. He then describes the forty-nine sites in Europe, the Near...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226138895
ISBN13:9780226138893
Release Date:October 1986
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:448 Pages
Weight:2.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.0" x 9.9"
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A summarisation of the topical paleoanthropological finds.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Since its first appearence in 1965,"Guide to Fossil Man" was considerably updated trough subsequent editions,so it is quite usable today as handy refference to main paleoanthropological finds,before more advanced atlases,encyclopedias,and other literature dealing with Human evolutionary anatomy,replace it for upper division courses.It containts selected osteological finds,presented in the form of files containing history of finding the specimen,faunal and sedimental contexts,estimated chronological framework,as well as detailed discussion on fossil find-descriptive,comparative,with some anthropometric data plus illustrative material.But there are also separate discusions on particular issues,with exposure of various hypothesis,and with particular refference to Neanderthal enigma Per Se,as well as their relation with origin of modern Humans.After every file,Author provided solid bibliography.This book is best scrutinisation of key finds,suitable for begginers in paleonthropology and archaeologist whose focus of interest is Peopling of Paleolithic.
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