Stone Tools and Fossil Bones: Debates in the Archaeology of Human Origins - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107022924 ISBN 13: 9781107022928

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The stone tools and fossil bones from the earliest archaeological sites in Africa have been used over the past fifty years to create models that interpret how early hominins lived, foraged, behaved, and communicated, and how early and modern humans evolved. In this book, an international team of archaeologists and primatologists examines early Stone Age tools and bones and uses scientific methods to test alternative hypotheses that explain the archaeological record. By focusing on both lithics and faunal records, this volume presents the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.

About this title

Book Description:

The stone tools and fossil bones from the earliest archaeological sites in Africa have been used over the past fifty years to create models that interpret how early hominins lived, foraged, behaved, and communicated, and how early and modern humans evolved. In this book, an international team of archaeologists examines early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.

About the Author:

Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo is Co-director at the Institute of Evolution in Africa, based in Madrid, Spain, and Professor in the Department of Prehistory at the Complutense University, Madrid. He is the author of Deconstructing Olduvai and Peninj: A Research Project on Human Origins. He currently is Co-director of the Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology project (TOPPP) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107022924
• ISBN 13: 9781107022928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Domínguez-Rodrigo Manuel