African Ecology And Human Evolution

This pioneering volume summarizes the results of diverse research on Pleistocene environments and the cultural and biological evolution of man in Africa. The book includes chapters on Pleistocene stratigraphy and climatic changes throughout the African continent; on the ecology, biology and sociology of African primate and human populations. Contributors include: C. Arambourg, P. Biberson, W. W. Bishop, Geoffrey Bond, F. Bourli#xE8;re, Karl W. Butzer, Desmond Clark, H. B. S. Cooke, Irven DeVore, John T. Emlen, A. T. Grove, J. de Heinzelin, J. Hiernaux, Clark Howell, L. S. B. Leakey, I. Liben, T. Monod, R. F. Moreau, R. A. pullan, J. T. Robinson, George B. Schaller, S. L. Washburn. Originally published in 1964.

Climatic-Geomorphologic Interpretation of Pleistocene Sediments in the Eurafrican Subtropics
The Distribution of Tropical African Birds as an Indicator of Past Climatic Changes
Observations on the Ecology of Some Large African Mammals
Continental Vertebrate Faunas of the Tertiary of North Africa
Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of Africa, with Particular Reference to Southern Africa
T Monod The Late Tertiary and Pleistocene in the Sahara and Adjacent Southerly Regions
Some Aspects of the Pleistocene Paleogeography of the Chad Basin
The Later Tertiary and Pleistocene in Eastern Equatorial Africa
Paleoecological Conditions of the Lake Albert-Lake Edward Rift
Observations on the Absolute Chronology of the Upper Pleistocene
Brief Remarks on the Vegetation of the Mountainous Regions of East Congo

Baboon Ecology and Human Evolution
Observations on the Ecology and Social Behavior of the Mountain Gorilla
Adaptive Radiation in the Australopithecines and the Origin of Man
Human Evolution in Morocco, in the Framework of the Paleoclimatic Variations of the Atlantic Pleistocene
Very Early East African Hominidai, and Their Ecological Setting
Acheulian Hunter-Gatherers of Sub-Saharan Africa
Some Ecological Factors Effecting Human Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa Transcript of Discussions
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