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On 15 August 1959 Dr L. S. B. Leakey announced the discovery, in the lowest level of Olduvai Gorge, of a new and beautifully preserved fossil cranium of a hominid, which he tentatively named Zinjanthropus boisei. For this second volume, Professor Tobias has undertaken a definitive analysis of the cranium. This is a most comprehensive study to be made on a hominid skull belonging to the early and mid-Pleistocene group of australopithecines. The fossilised skull provides a wealth of information on taxonomic status, way of life and age at death. To evaluate Zinjanthropus fully, the author has reviewed in detail the cranial and dental anatomy of all australopithecines from Tanzania and South Africa and has placed on record much valuable information about the group as a whole.

Fossil hominids --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Homme fossile --- Antiquités préhistoriques --- Craniology --- Craniologie --- Tanzania --- Tanzanie --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Stone age --- Paleontology --- Homo habilis --- Australopithecines --- Australopithecus --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Civilization --- Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) --- Olduwai Gorge (Tanzania) --- Antiquities.

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Plio-Pleistocene sites are a rare occurrence in the archaeological record. When they are uncovered, the faunal materials so crucial to unlocking their behavioral meaning are often poorly preserved. For example, at Koobi Fora, Kenya, a prolific region that preserves several classic Plio-Pleistocene sites, many bones are affected by poor cortical surface preservation (Isaac, 1997). Such taphonomic vagaries limit the range of questions that can be addressed with these assemblages. In other instances, access to materials can be limited due to local from politics or rivalries between individual research teams. As a result, many important assemblages either remain unstudied or have been interpreted without the advantage of a fully developed taphonomic framework, a situation that all but guarantees stagnant interpretations.

Fossil hominids --- Paleontology --- Paleoanthropology --- Animals, Fossil --- Homme fossile --- Paléontologie --- Paléoanthropologie --- Animaux fossiles --- Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) --- Olduvai (Tanzanie) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVSOCIA --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Geology. --- Paleontology . --- Paleontology. --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Paleolithic period, Lower --- Taphonomy --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Tanzania --- Animal fossils --- Animals, Antediluvian --- Animals, Prehistoric --- Antediluvian animals --- Fauna, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric animals --- Prehistoric fauna --- Ice Age --- Pleistocene Epoch --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Human paleontology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Physical anthropology --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Chopper-Chopping Tool Complex --- Lower Paleolithic period --- Stone age --- Methodology --- Olduwai Gorge (Tanzania)