Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of text-figures
- List of plates
- List of tables
- Introductory Note
- Foreword
- Editor's Note
- Acknowledgements
- I Introduction
- II Preservation and reconstruction of the cranium
- III The cranial vault
- IV The basis cranii externa
- V Certain critical angles and indices of the cranium
- VI The interior of the calvaria
- VII The thickness of the cranial bones
- VIII The endocranial cast of Zinjanthropus
- IX Metrical characters of the calvaria as a whole
- X The structure of the face
- XI The pneumatisation of the Zinjanthropus cranium
- XII The dental arcade and the palate
- XIII The pattern of dental attrition and occlusion, with comments on enamel hypoplasia
- XIV The size of individual teeth, absolute and relative
- XV The size of the dentition as a whole
- XVI The crown shape index of the teeth
- XVII The morphology of the teeth
- XVIII Summary of cranial and dental features of Zinjanthropus
- XIX The taxonomic status of Zinjanthropus and of the australopithecines in general
- XX The cultural and phylogenetic status of Australopithecus boisei and of the australopithecines in general
- References
- Index of persons
- Index of subjects
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of text-figures
- List of plates
- List of tables
- Introductory Note
- Foreword
- Editor's Note
- Acknowledgements
- I Introduction
- II Preservation and reconstruction of the cranium
- III The cranial vault
- IV The basis cranii externa
- V Certain critical angles and indices of the cranium
- VI The interior of the calvaria
- VII The thickness of the cranial bones
- VIII The endocranial cast of Zinjanthropus
- IX Metrical characters of the calvaria as a whole
- X The structure of the face
- XI The pneumatisation of the Zinjanthropus cranium
- XII The dental arcade and the palate
- XIII The pattern of dental attrition and occlusion, with comments on enamel hypoplasia
- XIV The size of individual teeth, absolute and relative
- XV The size of the dentition as a whole
- XVI The crown shape index of the teeth
- XVII The morphology of the teeth
- XVIII Summary of cranial and dental features of Zinjanthropus
- XIX The taxonomic status of Zinjanthropus and of the australopithecines in general
- XX The cultural and phylogenetic status of Australopithecus boisei and of the australopithecines in general
- References
- Index of persons
- Index of subjects
- Plate section
Summary
This is the second volume of the new series of publications dealing with the discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge since 1951. The title of the first volume included the dates ‘1951–1961’. These have been dropped from the present volume, and will also not occur in the remainder of the series, since, inevitably, data obtained since 1961 will need to be included. The next two volumes in this series will deal with the cultural sequence and excavations of the ‘living floors’ in Beds I and II, at Olduvai, by Mary D. Leakey, and the detailed geology of the deposits exposed in the Gorge by Richard L. Hay. It is not yet certain which of the two will be ready for publication first.
A fifth volume is in preparation by Phillip Tobias, the author of this volume on ‘Zinjanthropus’. In it he will describe, in detail, the fossil hominid remains from Olduvai that are attributed to Homo habilis, and to Homo erectus, as well as the new mandible of an australopithecine of ‘Zinjanthropus’ type from Peninj, north of Olduvai. The fifth volume will also include chapters dealing with the postcranial hominid material from Olduvai by Dr John Napier, Dr Peter Davis and Dr Michael Day.
In the present volume, my friend and colleague, Phillip Tobias, has produced a truly magnificent piece of research—a major contribution to the study of the anatomy of the australopithecines, or ‘near men’ as I call them.
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- Olduvai Gorge , pp. xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1967