Early Hominids & Human Evolution

ISBN: 9781842172650
Published by : Oxbow Books
Gorham's Cave, at the southern end of the Rock of Gibraltar, is a large cavern that sits close to the Mediterranean coast in full view of North Africa. The cave is rich in archaeological deposits and evidence of Neanderthal occupation, dating b... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175200
Published by : Oxbow Books
This investigation of the Lower Palaeolithic site at Broom, Devon, highlights the huge potential of old sites and the importance of the archaeological and geological legacy resulting from more than 150 years of field investigation... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905739639
Published by : Archaeopress
This book examines systematically both the theoretical and practical issues that have characterized the discipline over the past two centuries. Some of the historically most consequential mistakes in archaeology are dissected and explained, togeth... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805346047
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
The Neanderthal was more similar to us modern man than we think, he was not a primitive Caveman. He had his own language and a large, if not even sophisticated vocabulary. Archeological findings show that the Neanderthals were capable of complex t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900952
Published by : Sidestone Press
Where do our images about early hominids come from? In this fascinating in-depth study, David Van Reybrouck demonstrates how input from ethnography and primatology has deeply influenced our visions about the past from the 19th cen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900938
Published by : Sidestone Press
Pterosaurs or flying reptiles were the first vertebrates to evolve flight. These distant relatives of modern reptiles and dinosaurs lived from the Late Triassic (over 200 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859610359
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Sinfonia marks a critical turning-point in Pizzuto’s work. In a final break with narrative unity, he eliminates the human protagonist (of whom there were still traces in Lumpi di Paginette , as if to preserve the book’s novelistic character). By r... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407309958
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2400
Papers from the 2011 conference marking ten years of Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO, University of Southampton). Contents: Introduction (Clive Gamble); 1) Lower Palaeolithic of Central and Eastern Europe: Critical Re-evaluat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789491431074
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Groningen Archaeological Studies
Volume: 19
Plant palaeoecologists use data from plant fossils and plant subfossils to reconstruct ecosystems of the past. This book deals with the study of subfossil plant material retrieved from archaeological excavations and cores dated to the Late Glac... .... Learn More