Koobi Fora Research Project: Volume 5

Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology
Author(s): Glynn Ll. Isaac, Barbara Isaac
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Imprint: Clarendon Press
ISBN-13: 9780198575016, 978-0198575016

Synopsis

This is the fifth volume in the important Koobi Fora series on human origins, covering archaeological finds from excavations at East Turkana in northern Kenya. Volume 5 concentrates on the evidence from the period between [url] and [url] million years ago and reconstructs the behaviour of early human ancestors. The book answers such questions as: How were the stone tools made and utilized? How large were the groups of hominids, and how mobile? Do animal bones really give us a true impression of what food they ate? The stone artefacts, bones, and features of the ancient landscape recorded in this book provide a solid basis for further work on human evolution.