- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation -
3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation -
4 Geochronology -
5 Small Mammals -
6 Cercopithecidae -
7 Hominidae -
8 Carnivora -
9 Bovidae -
10 Suidae -
11 Hippopotamidae -
12 Giraffi dae -
13 Equidae -
14 Rhinocerotidae -
15 Proboscidea -
16 Tubulidentata -
17 Paleoenvironment -
18 Paleobiogeography -
19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution -
20 Conclusions - Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Introduction
- Source:
- Ardipithecus kadabba
- Author(s):
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
Giday Woldegabriel
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This book addresses the geology, geochronology, paleontology, paleogeography, paleobiochronology, and paleoecology of the Middle Awash late Miocene. It synthesizes vertebrate evolution in eastern Africa during the end of the Miocene epoch, a time during which the modern African fauna started forming. The Middle Awash valley of Ethiopia is a unique natural laboratory for the study of human origins and evolution. This introductory chapter provides a historical overview of the Middle Awash research project, which was formed to conduct geological, paleoanthropological, and archaeological reconnaissance surveys in the area.
Keywords: geology, geochronology, paleontology, paleogeography, paleobiochronology, paleoecology, Middle Awash, late Miocene, Ethiopia
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation -
3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation -
4 Geochronology -
5 Small Mammals -
6 Cercopithecidae -
7 Hominidae -
8 Carnivora -
9 Bovidae -
10 Suidae -
11 Hippopotamidae -
12 Giraffi dae -
13 Equidae -
14 Rhinocerotidae -
15 Proboscidea -
16 Tubulidentata -
17 Paleoenvironment -
18 Paleobiogeography -
19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution -
20 Conclusions - Bibliography
- Index
