edited by L.S.B. Leakey ; by P.V. Tobias with a foreword by Sir W.E. Le Gros Clark.
Volume Designation
Volume 2,dollar5The cranium and maxillary dentition of Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) Boisei /
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) :
Other Physical Details
digital, PDF file(s)
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
First volume published with Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961 as proper title.
Text of Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
On 15 August 1959 Dr L. S. B. Leakey announced the discovery, in the lowest level of Olduvai Gorge, of a new and beautifully preserved fossil cranium of a hominid, which he tentatively named Zinjanthropus boisei. For this second volume, Professor Tobias has undertaken a definitive analysis of the cranium. This is a most comprehensive study to be made on a hominid skull belonging to the early and mid-Pleistocene group of australopithecines. The fossilised skull provides a wealth of information on taxonomic status, way of life and age at death. To evaluate Zinjanthropus fully, the author has reviewed in detail the cranial and dental anatomy of all australopithecines from Tanzania and South Africa and has placed on record much valuable information about the group as a whole.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Australopithecines-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
Fossil hominids-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
Homo habilis-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
Paleontology-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
Stone age-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), Antiquities.
Tanzania, Antiquities.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
GN776
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52
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T3
Book number
T63
1967eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Tobias, Phillip V.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Leakey, L. S. B., (Louis Seymour Bazett),1903-1972