African paleoecology and human evolution

• Titel: African paleoecology and human evolution
• Mitwirkende: Reynolds, Sally [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Bobe, René [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Sally C. Reynolds, Bournemouth University, René Bobe, University of Oxford
• Ausgabe: First published
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: xiii, 581 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, graphische Darstellungen, Karten
• Fussnoten: Includes index
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07403-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)Afrika / (s)Palökologie / (s)Mensch / (s)Evolution / (z)Geschichte
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: African paleoecology and human evolution. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 581 Seiten)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: African paleoecology and human evolution. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 |(DLC)2021050166
• RVK-Notation: TK 1080
• Sach-SW: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
• K10plus-PPN: 1783419423

Abstract

"Early hominins were not limited to particular sites or localities in a paleontological or archeological sense but lived and died in complex and dynamic landscapes and ecosystems of which we have partial, incomplete records. The fossil evidence of early hominin paleoenvironments is always limited, sometimes providing brief snapshots of small areas, other times affording very coarse chronological and spatial resolution over large distances. Taphonomic conditions typically vary within any one locality over time, and from one locality to another. And yet, it is these partial and biased records that we use to build an understanding of the forces that have shaped our evolution"--