Environmental and stratigraphic bias in the Hominin Fossil Record: implications for theories of the climatic forcing of human evolution

Hopley, P.J. and Maxwell, Simon J. (2022) Environmental and stratigraphic bias in the Hominin Fossil Record: implications for theories of the climatic forcing of human evolution. In: Reynolds, S.C. and Bobe, R. (eds.) African Paleoecology and Human Evolution. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 15-23. ISBN 9781107074033.

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Book synopsis: Humans evolved in the dynamic landscapes of Africa under conditions of pronounced climatic, geological and environmental change during the past 7 million years. This book brings together detailed records of the paleontological and archaeological sites in Africa that provide the basic evidence for understanding the environments in which we evolved. Chapters cover specific sites, with comprehensive accounts of their geology, paleontology, paleobotany, and their ecological significance for our evolution. Other chapters provide important regional syntheses of past ecological conditions. This book is unique in merging a broad geographic scope (all of Africa) and deep time framework (the past 7 million years) in discussing the geological context and paleontological records of our evolution and that of organisms that evolved alongside our ancestors. It will offer important insights to anyone interested in human evolution, including researchers and graduate students in paleontology, archaeology, anthropology and geology.

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