TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert,W.Henry AU - Asfaw,Berhane TI - Homo erectus: pleistocene evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia T2 - The Middle Awash series SN - 9780520251205 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 569.970963 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Homo erectus KW - Ethiopia KW - Middle Awash KW - Stratigraphic Geology KW - Pleistocene KW - Paleontology KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Human remains (Archaeology) KW - Middle Awash (Ethiopia) KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-448) and index; 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Geology and Geochronology Chapter 3. Bovidae Chapter 4. Carnivora Chapter 5. Cercopithecidae Chapter 6. Equidae Chapter 7. Giraffidae Chapter 8. Hippopotamidae Chapter 9. Elephantidae Chapter 10. Rhinocerotidae Chapter 11. Suidae Chapter 12. Rare Taxa Chapter 13. Homo erectus Cranial Anatomy Chapter 14. Tomographic Analysis of the Daka Calvaria Chapter 15. Hominid Systematics Chapter 16. Daka Member Hominid Postcranial Remains Chapter 17. Ecological and Biogeographic Context of the Daka Member Chapter 18. Conclusions: Evolutionary Insights from the Daka Member Bibliography Index N2 - Offers descriptions, photographs, and an analysis of the fossil vertebrates - from elephants and hyenas to humans - from the Daka Member of the Bouri Formation of the Afar, a place renowned for an abundant and lengthy record of human ancestors ER -