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Located at the southwest corner of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Lothagam represents one of the most important intervals in African prehistory. Early human remains are restricted in distribution to Africa and the acquisition of an upright bipedal striding gait, the hallmark of humanity, appears to be at least circumstantially linked to the reduction of equatorial forests and the spread of grasslands on that continent. The diverse Lothagam fauna documents the end-Miocene transition from forested to more open habitats that were exploited by grazing horses and antelopes, hippos, giant pigs, and true elephants. It also includes spectacularly complete fossil carnivore skeletons and some of the oldest human remains.Enlisting a team of highly qualified specialists, this book provides the geologic context and dating framework for the Lothagam fossiliferous sequences, describes the immense diversity of vertebrate fossils recovered from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene sediments, and synthesizes the results to interpret the changing paleoenvironments that prevailed at this site. The book will interest anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists, and anyone interested in human origins.
Vertebrates, Fossil --- Paleontology --- Animals, Fossil --- Vertébrés fossiles --- Paléontologie --- Animaux fossiles --- Lothagam Site (Kenya) --- Lothagam (Kenya : Site archéologique) --- Lothagam Site (Kenya). --- Vertébrés fossiles --- Paléontologie --- Lothagam (Kenya : Site archéologique) --- Animal fossils --- Animals, Antediluvian --- Animals, Prehistoric --- Antediluvian animals --- Fauna, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric animals --- Prehistoric fauna --- Miocene Epoch --- Fossils --- Chordata, Fossil --- Kenya --- Antiquities --- Vertebrates [Fossil ] --- Miocene --- Animals [Fossil ]
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Fossil hominids --- Hominids. --- Paleoecology --- Geology --- Homme fossile --- Hominidae --- Paléoécologie --- Géologie --- Kenya --- Antiquities --- Antiquités
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This volume, the fifth in the important Koobi Fora series on human origins, reports archaeological finds from excavations at East Turkana in northern Kenya from 1969-1979. It concentrates on the evidence from the period between 1.9 and 0.7 million years ago for reconstructing the behavior of early human ancestors. During this research study, new interdisciplinary methods of survey, mapping, excavation, experimentation, and analysis were developed. The study investigated the geology, stratigraphy, site formation processes, technology of the stone assemblages, and associated fauna of the region. This book is a unique record for this time period in Kenya, and this work is a benchmark in the field of human evolution.
Fossil hominids --- Hominidés fossiles --- Hominids. --- Hominidés. --- Paleoecology --- Paléoécologie --- Geology --- Géologie. --- Antiquités --- Kenya --- Antiquities. --- -Paleoecology --- -Fossil hominids --- Hominids --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Great apes --- Hominians --- Hominidae --- Homininae --- Hominins --- Homonids --- Man-like primates --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Primates --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- Palaeoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Hominidés fossiles --- Hominidés. --- Paléoécologie --- Géologie. --- Antiquités
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