Breathing life into fossils; taphonomic studies in honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain.9780979227615 Breathing life into fossils; taphonomic studies in honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain. Ed. by Travis Rayne Pickering et al. Stone Age Institute Press 2007 296 pages $74.95 Hardcover Stone Age Institute Press publication series; no.2 QE711 Originating in a Stone Age Institute conference, African Taphonomy ta·phon·o·my n. 1. The study of the conditions and processes by which organisms become fossilized. 2. The conditions and processes of fossilization. : A Tribute to the Career of C.K. Bob Brain, held in April of 2004, this volume contains papers on the field of taphonomy and the perspective it brings to research into human origins. The conference was held in Bloomington in honor of naturalist Bob Brain, a pioneer in bringing taphonomic perspectives to human evolutionary studies. Pickering (U. of Wisconsin-Madison) et al. assemble 16 papers from the conference that reflect his influence on the field. In addition, they discuss the influences on his development as a scientist and his impact on paleoanthropology, mammalian carnivores as taphonomic agents, site and landscape-level issues in taphonomy and paleoanthropological pa·le·o·an·thro·pol·o·gy n. The study of extinct members of the genus Homo sapiens. pa assemblage formation. Other papers consider taphonomic comparisons of australopithecine aus·tra·lo·pith·e·cine n. Any of several extinct humanlike primates of the genus Australopithecus, known chiefly from Pleistocene fossil remains found in southern and eastern Africa. adj. skeletons from South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. and homonids as taphonomic agents. In the first chapter, Brain describes the development of African cave taphonomy. Contributors from around the world work in natural history, paleobiology pa·le·o·bi·ol·o·gy n. The branch of paleontology that deals with the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms. pa , anthropology, human evolution, and geography. There is no index. Distributed in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. by The David Brown Book Co. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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