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- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
- 1 Introduction: African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- 2 Approaches to the Study of Past Environments
- 3 Environmental and Stratigraphic Bias in the Hominin Fossil Record
- 4 Late Miocene and Earliest Pliocene Paleoecology of Africa
- 5 The Middle Pleistocene Through the Holocene of Africa
- Part II Southern Africa
- Part III Eastern and Central Africa
- Part IV Northern Africa
- Volume References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
2 - Approaches to the Study of Past Environments
from Part I - Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
- 1 Introduction: African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
- 2 Approaches to the Study of Past Environments
- 3 Environmental and Stratigraphic Bias in the Hominin Fossil Record
- 4 Late Miocene and Earliest Pliocene Paleoecology of Africa
- 5 The Middle Pleistocene Through the Holocene of Africa
- Part II Southern Africa
- Part III Eastern and Central Africa
- Part IV Northern Africa
- Volume References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
In a book on African paleoecology and human evolution, it is important to define several key themes, including biomes, vegetation formations and associations, as well as plant physiognomy. We first define these terms, before examining the sources of data employed in paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Finally, we provide an overview of the approaches used to understand past habitats, which underpin the chapters on the specific sites which make use of these approaches to refine our understanding of African paleoenvironments and the place of hominins within them.
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- African Paleoecology and Human Evolution , pp. 7 - 14Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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