African Paleoecology and Human Evolution

doi:10.1017/9781139696470

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.

‘The libraries of paleontologists, geologists, and archeologists who work in Africa always have a few dog-eared volumes that reveal their repeated use, … African Paleoecology and Human Evolution will be one of those books, a constant companion to those seriously interested in studying hominin paleoecological contexts and understanding the drivers of human evolution.’

William J. Sanders Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

‘Anyone interested in human evolution or climatic and environmental changes across Africa, at both spatial and temporal scales, should consider getting a copy of this book as an all-in-one compilation for both palaeo-studies and hominin emergence and diversification.'

Robert Patalano Source: African Archaeological Review

‘… a fantastic reference.’

Curtis W. Marean Source: South African Journal of Science

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African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
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African Paleoecology and Human Evolution - Title page
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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PartI - Modern Africa and Overview of Late Cenozoic Paleoenvironments
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1 - Introduction: African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
pp 1-6
- By René Bobe, Sally C. Reynolds
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2 - Approaches to the Study of Past Environments
pp 7-14
- By Peter Andrews, Sally C. Reynolds, René Bobe
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3 - Environmental and Stratigraphic Bias in the Hominin Fossil Record
pp 15-23
Implications for Theories of the Climatic Forcing of Human Evolution
- By Philip J. Hopley, Simon J. Maxwell
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4 - Late Miocene and Earliest Pliocene Paleoecology of Africa
pp 24-32
A Synthesis
- By Jessamy H. Doman, Emily Goble Early
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5 - The Middle Pleistocene Through the Holocene of Africa
pp 33-48
A Synthesis
- By J. Tyler Faith
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Part II - Southern Africa
pp 49-160
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6 - The Southern African Sites
pp 49-65
Paleoenvironmental Syntheses and Future Research Prospects
- By Sally C. Reynolds
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7 - Geology, Fauna, and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions of the Makapansgat Limeworks Australopithecus africanus-Bearing Paleo-Cave
pp 66-81
- By Kaye E. Reed, Kevin L. Kuykendall, Andy I.R. Herries, Philip J. Hopley, Matt Sponheimer, Lars Werdelin
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8 - Paleoenvironments and the Context of Plio-Pleistocene Hominins at Kromdraai, South Africa
pp 82-85
- By Jean-Baptiste Fourvel, J. Francis Thackeray
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9 - Using the Faunal Community to Determine the Local Ecology for Early Hominins at Cooper’s Cave at 1.5 Ma
pp 86-91
- By Darryl de Ruiter
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10 - The Paleoenvironments of Sterkfontein
pp 92-101
Old Questions, New Approaches
- By Lauren C. Sewell, Job M. Kibii, Sally C. Reynolds
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11 - Swartkrans: A Record of Paleoenvironmental Change in the Cradle of Humankind
pp 102-119
- By Darryl de Ruiter
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12 - Cornelia-Uitzoek: Paleoecology, Archeology, and Geochronology
pp 120-134
- By James S. Brink†, John A.J. Gowlett, Andy I.R. Herries, John Hancox, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Daryl Codron, Lloyd Rossouw, Gary Trower, Olivia M.L. Stone, Britt Bousman, Rainer Grün, Antoine Souron
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13 - The Paleoecology of the Australopithecus africanus Type Site at Taung, South Africa
pp 135-141
- By Philip J. Hopley, Brian F. Kuhn
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14 - Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province: An Early–Middle Pleistocene Paleoenvironmental Sequence for the Interior of South Africa
pp 142-160
- By Liora Kolska Horwitz, Margaret D. Avery, Marion K. Bamford, Francesco Berna, James S. Brink†, Michaela Ecker, Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo, Paul Goldberg, Sharon Holt, Julia Lee-Thorp, Ari Matmon, Robyn Pickering, Naomi Porat, Lloyd Rossouw, Louis Scott, Ron Shaar, Michael Chazan
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PartIII - Eastern and Central Africa
pp 161-460
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15 - Hominid Paleoenvironments in Tropical Africa from the Late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene
pp 161-186
- By René Bobe, Sally C. Reynolds
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16 - Mammal Paleoecology from the Late Early Pleistocene Sites of the Dandiero Basin (Eritrea), With Emphasis on the Suid Record
pp 187-196
- By Tsegai Medin, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, Marco P. Ferretti, Massimiliano Ghinassi, Mauro Papini, Yosief Libsekal, Lorenzo Rook
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17 - The 6-Million-Year Record of Ecological and Environmental Change at Gona, Afar Region, Ethiopia
pp 197-213
- By Naomi E. Levin, Scott W. Simpson, Jay Quade, Melanie A. Everett, Stephen R. Frost, Michael J. Rogers, Sileshi Semaw
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18 - The Hadar Formation, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia: Geology, Fauna, and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions
pp 214-228
- By Christopher J. Campisano, John Rowan, Kaye E. Reed
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19 - Fossil Vertebrates and Paleoenvironments of the Pliocene Hadar Formation at Dikika, Ethiopia
pp 229-241
- By René Bobe, Denis Geraads, Jonathan G. Wynn, Denné Reed, W. Andrew Barr, Zeresenay Alemseged
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20 - Miocene to Pliocene Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of Galili, Ethiopia
pp 242-255
- By Ottmar Kullmer, Oliver Sandrock, Thomas Bence Viola, Wolfgang Hujer, Zelalem Bedaso, Doris Nagel, Andrea Stadlmayr, Fritz Popp, Robert Scholger, Gerhard W. Weber, Horst Seidler
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