Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai: Foundations of Human Behaviour

by Richard Potts

Book Overview

The earliest sites at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania are among the best documented and most important for studies of human evolution. This book investigates the behavior of hominids at Olduvai using data of stone tools and animal bones, as well as the results of work in taphonomy (how animals become fossils), the behavior of mammals, and a wide range of ecological theory and data. By illustrating the ways in which modern and prehistoric evidence is used...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202011763
• ISBN13: 9780202011769
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"