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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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17581448 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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ISI Library, Kolkata |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20160208104336.0 |
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130107s2013 ne ab b 101 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789400759183 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ISI Library |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23 |
| Item number |
St881 |
| Classification number |
569.93 |
| 111 2# - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Stony Brook Human Evolution Symposium and Workshop on Diversity in Australopithecus: Tracking the Firstst Bipeds, |
| Number of part/section/meeting |
4th: |
| Date of meeting |
(25-28 Sep 2007: |
| Location of meeting |
Stony Brook) |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Paleobiology of Australopithecus / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
[edited by] Kaye E. Reed, John G. Fleagle and Richard E. Leakey. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Dordrecht : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 282 p. : |
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ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
29 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction : Issues in the life and times of Australopithecus / Kaye E. Reed -- <br/><br/>Part I: Geological and paleontological context<br/>2. Age ranges of Australopithecus species, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania / Francis H. Brown, Ian McDougall and Patrick N. Gathogo -- <br/>3. A multi-disciplinary perspective on the age of Australopithecus in southern Africa / Andy I.R. Herries, Robyn Pickering, Justin W. Adams, Darren Curnoe, Ginette Warr, Alf G. Latham and John Shaw -- <br/>4. Reconstructing the habitats of Australopithecus : paleoenvironments, site taphonomy, and faunas / Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Kaye E. Reed -- <br/><br/>Part II: Sites and Species<br/>5. Australopithecus in Ethiopia / Zeresenay Alemseged -- <br/>6. The alpha taxonomy of Australopithecus africanus / Frederick E. Grine -- <br/>7. Australopithecus from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa / Ronald Clarke -- <br/>8. Variation in mandibular postcanine dental morphology and hominin species representation in Member 4, Sterkfontein, South Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Marcia M. Delanty and Bernard A. Wood -- <br/>9. Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa / Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill and Lee R. Berger -- <br/><br/>Part III: Biogeography <br/>10. Comparative evolutionary models and the "Australopith radiations" / Robert A. Foley -- <br/>11. Whence Australopithecus africanus? : comparing the skulls of South African and East African Australopithecus / Charles Lockwood -- <br/>12. The biogeographic implications of early hominin phylogeny / David S. Strait -- <br/><br/>Part IV: Paleobiology <br/>13. Sexual size dimorphism in Australopithecus : current understanding and new directions / Adam D. Gordon -- <br/>14. Molar microwear, diet and adaptation in a purported hominin species lineage from the Pliocene of East Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Peter S. Ungar, Mark F. Teaford and Sireen El-Zaatari -- 15. Some ruminations on australopith diets / Matt Sponheimer -- <br/>16. Postural and locomotor adaptations of Australopithecus species / Carol V. Ward -- <br/>17. Shoulder morphology in early hominin evolution / Susan G. Larson -- <br/>18. Age and sex differences in the locomotor skeleton of Australopithecus / Elizabeth H. Harmon--<br/><br/>Subject Index--<br/>Specimen Index--<br/>Site/Locality Index-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This book synthesizes information on the genus Australopithecus. It discusses alpha taxonomy, adaptive radiations, adaptations, phylogeny, biogeography, and paleoecology of the various species. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Australopithecines |
| Form subdivision |
Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Paleobiology |
| Geographic subdivision |
East Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Paleobiology |
| Geographic subdivision |
Southern Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil hominids |
| Geographic subdivision |
East Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Congresses. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil hominids |
| Geographic subdivision |
Southern Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Congresses. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Reed, Kaye E., |
| Relator term |
editor |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fleagle, John G., |
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editor |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Leakey, Richard E., |
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editor |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
