Editors:
- Sheds new light on the paleodemographic processes underlying modern human origins, evolution and cultural adaptations in Africa
- Integrates perspectives from multiple biomes and academic specialisms
- Will appeal to researchers in the fields of palaeolithic archaeology, paleoanthropology, hominin evolution, quaternary paleoclimate and palaeoenvironments, and human population genetics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (VERT)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Coasts
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Front Matter
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Deserts
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Front Matter
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Grasslands, Woodlands and Rainforests
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Front Matter
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About this book
The authors of this volume aim at (1) examining the impact of this glacial-interglacial- glacial cycle on human group sizes, movements and distributions throughout Africa; (2) investigating the macro- and micro-evolutionary processes underpinning our species’ anatomical and behavioral evolution; and (3) setting an agenda whereby Africa can benefit from, and eventually contribute to, the increasingly sophisticated theoretical and methodological palaeodemographic frameworks developed on other continents.
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Editors and Affiliations
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University of Cambridge, McDonald Inst. for Archaeological Rsch, United Kingdom
Sacha C. Jones
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University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, ANN ARBOR, USA
Brian A. Stewart
About the editors
Dr. Brian A. Stewart is a paleolithic archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research focuses on the archaeology of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Africa, especially southern Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Africa from MIS 6-2
Book Subtitle: Population Dynamics and Paleoenvironments
Editors: Sacha C. Jones, Brian A. Stewart
Series Title: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7520-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7519-9Published: 14 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1368-7Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7520-5Published: 04 March 2016
Series ISSN: 1877-9077
Series E-ISSN: 1877-9085
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 424
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Archaeology, Genetics and Population Dynamics, Cultural Anthropology, African History, Demography