This volume presents the work of researchers at many sites spanning the East African Pliocene. The authors take a broad approach that seeks to compare paleoenvi

The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the o

There are some issues in human paleontology that seem to be timeless. Most deal with the origin and early evolution of our own genus – something about which w

Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The E

This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.