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The ground sloth Megalonyx : (Xenarthra: Megalonychidae) from the Pleistocene (late Irvingtonian) Camelot local fauna, Dorchester County, South Carolina
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ISSN: 00129593 ISBN: 9781606180044 1606180045 Year: 2010 Volume: 100/4 Publisher: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society,


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Evolution of the plio-pleistocene african suidae
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ISBN: 0871696924 9780871696922 Year: 1979 Volume: 69,2 Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : American Philosophical Society,

Fossil elephantoids from the hominid-bearing awash group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia
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ISBN: 0871698315 9780871698315 Year: 1993 Volume: 83,1 Publisher: London ; New York, NY ; Rheine : American Philosophical Society,

Additions to the pleistocene mammal faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
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ISSN: 00659746 ISBN: 0871699257 9780871699251 Year: 2002 Volume: 92/5 Publisher: London ; New York, NY ; Rheine : American Philosophical Society,


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Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961.
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ISBN: 052105527X 052110517X 0511897782 9780521055277 9780521105170 Year: 1965 Volume: 1 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Olduvai is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world; indeed, the only Middle Pleistocene site of comparable importance is Choukoutien and Olduvai can show deposits far older. The site has produced a mass of material of the highest archaeological and palaeontology importance and in this first of five volumes Dr Leakey and his collaborators make their preliminary reports. The story of the excavations initiated by Dr Leakey in 1951 is well known. Their purpose was to locate and uncover a series of living-floors of early Hand-axe man and, if possible, of the preceding Olduwan culture. The discoveries were of striking and far-reaching importance. They included, besides a mass of tools and artefacts, small animal and human remains and the famous skull of Zinjanthropus boisei, the earliest tool-making man. Against this background Leakey and his collaborators discuss the geological evidence, its relation to the fauna and other fossil evidence, the problems of climatic sequence and the use of potassium-argon dating. The purpose of this volume is to provide a context in which the fossil human remains and the Stone Age cultural sequence at Olduvai can be studied.


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Mammalian taphonomy, the assemblages of layers V-5 and V-6
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ISBN: 9400721587 9400721595 9786613455468 1283455463 9400799942 Year: 2012 Publisher: Dordrecht [The Netherlands] : Springer,

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Multidisciplinary research on the Early-Middle Pleistocene site of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov has yielded abundant climatic, environmental, ecological and behavioral records. The 15 archaeological horizons form a sequence of Acheulian occupational episodes on the shore of the paleo-Lake Hula. These enable us to reconstruct numerous aspects of the survival and adaptation of ancient hominins, leading to a better understanding of their evolution and behavior. This book presents the faunal analyses of medium-sized and large mammals, providing taxonomic, taphonomic and actualistic data for the largest faunal assemblages. The study of modes of animal exploitation reveals valuable information on hominin behavior.

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Acheulian culture -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site (Israel). --- Israel -- Antiquities. --- Mammal remains (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Paleontology -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Paleontology -- Pleistocene. --- Taphonomy -- Israel -- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site. --- Tools, Prehistoric -- Jordan River Valley. --- Geology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Paleontology --- Prehistoric Anthropology --- Acheulian culture --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Gesher Benot Ya'ḳov Site (Israel) --- Jordan River Valley --- Israel --- Antiquities. --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Biḳʻat ha-Yarden --- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Site (Israel) --- Earth sciences. --- Paleontology. --- Ecology. --- Vertebrates. --- Archaeology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Antiquities --- Archaeology --- Paleolithic period, Lower --- Paleontology . --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Ecology --- Ecology . --- Gesher Benot Ya'kov Site (Israel)

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