Life and Death At the Pestera Cu Oase A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe

Trinkaus, Erik & Silviu Constantin & Joao Zilhao

ISBN 10: 019539822X / ISBN 13: 9780195398229

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life and Death At the Pestera Cu Oase A Setting for Modern Human Emergence in Europe
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019539822X
• ISBN 13: 9780195398229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued

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Synopsis

The Pestera cu Oase has yielded the earliest modern human fossils from Europe, and an abundance of data on cave bears, karstic geology and other Late Pleistocene mammals in southeastern Europe. This volume provides the primary description and interpretation of this important Quaternary site.

About the Author

Erik Trinkaus is a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University, who has been analyzing the late archaic and early modern fossil human remains since his doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. He is concerned primarily with the changes in human biology that reflect the emergence of modern humans.

Silviu Constantin is a geologist and senior researcher at the "Emil Racovita" Institute of Spelology. His research covers all aspects of physical speleology and karst geology with a special interest on U/Th dating of carbonates, analysis of sedimentary sequences in caves and paleoclimate reconstructions based on speleothems.

João Zilhão is an archaeologist, currently ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. His excavation and investigation work have primarily concerned the fate of the Neandertals, the origins of art and symbolic behavior, and the emergence of farming.