Modern Origins A North African Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hublin, Jean-Jacques (Editor), McPherron, Shannon P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Emigration and immigration.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Evolutionary Biology.; Migration.

Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central position in the search for the timing and mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and the rich archaeological and human paleontological record of North Africa is critical to this search.  In this volume, we bring together new research into the arc...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Paleoenvironment and Chronology
• Section 2. Archaeology
• Section 3. The Fossil Hominins.