Human Footprints: Fossilised Locomotion?

by Matthew R. Bennett and Sarita A Morse

Book Overview

Human footprints provide some of the most emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors. They provide evidence of stature, presence, behaviour and in the case of early hominin footprints, evidence with respect to the evolution of human gait and foot anatomy. While human footprint sites are rare in the geological record the number of sites around the World has increased in recent years, along with the analytical tools available for their study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319342754
• ISBN13: 9783319342757
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"