Olduvai Gorge
Author: Mary Douglas Leakey
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
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Olduvai Gorge: Volume 5, Excavations in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds
Author: Mary Leakey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-01-05
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521334037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt Olduvai Gorge natural erosion exposed a deep series of superimposed geological beds containing rich artefact and fossil assemblages spanning the last 1.8 million years. The sire ot famous as a rsult of excavations conducted there since 1951 under the direction of Mary Leakey and her husband, the late Louis Leakey. This volume, written largely by Mary Leakey herself, is the last of the reports and records the archaeological finds in the upper part of the Olduvai sequence from excavations carried out from the end of 1968 until 1971. The period covered here is from about 1.2 to 0.4 million years ago and th efinds include artefacts and faunal remains excavated from sites in beds II, IV na the Masek beds. The volume follows on from the archaeological record in beds I and II published in volume 3 of the series.
The African Experience
Author: Roland Oliver
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering the entire span of human history across the African continent, this book begins in the Garden of Eden in the highland interior of East Africa and ends with the disintegration of apartheid. In the first chapter the author introduces us to our earliest tool-making ancestor (known affectionately as "dear boy"), in the last the author ponders the changes we are likely to see as the political elites of Africa begin to review the operation of their single-party systems. The human colonization of the continent - the origins of food production, the formation and diffusion of African languages, the achievements of Ancient Egypt, the impact of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, slavery, the caravan trade, exploration and colonization, the economic, political and social developments which gave rise to the modern nation states - this book looks at all these aspects in an overview of the history of Africa.
Olduvai Gorge: Volume 1
Author: L. S. B. Leakey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 052105527X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOlduvai is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world; indeed, the only Middle Pleistocene site of comparable importance is Choukoutien and Olduvai can show deposits far older. The site has produced a mass of material of the highest archaeological and palaeontology importance and in this first of five volumes Dr Leakey and his collaborators make their preliminary reports. The story of the excavations initiated by Dr Leakey in 1951 is well known. Their purpose was to locate and uncover a series of living-floors of early Hand-axe man and, if possible, of the preceding Olduwan culture. The discoveries were of striking and far-reaching importance. They included, besides a mass of tools and artefacts, small animal and human remains and the famous skull of Zinjanthropus boisei, the earliest tool-making man. Against this background Leakey and his collaborators discuss the geological evidence, its relation to the fauna and other fossil evidence, the problems of climatic sequence and the use of potassium-argon dating. The purpose of this volume is to provide a context in which the fossil human remains and the Stone Age cultural sequence at Olduvai can be studied.
Deconstructing Olduvai: A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites
Author: Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-07-05
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1402061528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Olduvai Bed I archaeological sites have been at the epicenter of the debate on how early humans behaved. This book presents a new analytical approach that has produced unexpected results: the association of stone tools and faunal remains at most Olduvai Bed I sites is accidental and not related to hominid behavior. This revolutionary analysis shows that current models of reconstruction of human behavior are wrong.
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge - Hugo and Nebula Winner
Author: Mike Resnick
Publisher: Phoenix Pick
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781612421179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most celebrated novellas ever written. It not only won both the Hugo and Nebula, but also the HOMer award and the SF Chronicle Poll and was a nominee for the Locus Award and the Sturgeon Award. It was also nominated for a number of international awards, winning the Ignotus and the Universitat Polytechnica Awards in Spain, the Prix Ozone Award in France and the Futura Award in Croatia. **** In the far future, eons after the demise of Humanity and its far-flung galactic empire, a group of alien archeologists visits Earth to uncover the secret of the dead race's initial overwhelming success and its ultimate death. **** Digging through layers of archeological strata at Olduvai Gorge, they discover seven unique artifacts, each related to a different era of humanity's history and each telling a unique story about humankind's strengths and weaknesses. **** But are they prepared for their final discovery, which will change their worlds forever?
Olduvai Gorge: Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963
Author: M. D. Leakey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1971-11-30
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0521077230
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third volume of the definitive publication of the remains of early man found at Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania.
Stone Tools and Fossil Bones
Author: Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-03-26
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1107022924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational archaeologists examine early Stone Age tools and bones to present the most holistic view to date of the archaeology of human origins.
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Author: Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2021-03-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783319196497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive, twelve volume reference work reflects the interdisciplinary influences on evolutionary psychology and serves as a major resource for its history, scientific contributors and theories. It draws on biology, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, economics, computer science and paleoarchaeology to provide a multifaceted picture of behavioral adaptation in humans and how it adds to our academic and clinical understanding. Edited by a noted figure in evolutionary psychology, with many seminal and renowned contributors, this encyclopedia offers the full breadth of an area that is the forefront of behavioral thinking and investigation.
Olduvai Gorge: Volume 2
Author: P. V. Tobias
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1967-07
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0521069017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor this second volume of the definitive publication of the Olduvai findings, Professor Tobias has undertaken a definitive analysis of the cranium.
