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609130
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Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961.
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| Main Entry
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Tobias, Phillip V.
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| Title & Author
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Olduvai Gorge.\ edited by L.S.B. Leakey ; by P.V. Tobias with a foreword by Sir W.E. Le Gros Clark.
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1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) :: digital, PDF file(s)
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| ISBN
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9780511897795 (ebook)
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9780521069014 (hardback)
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9780521105194 (paperback)
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| Notes
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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First volume published with Olduvai Gorge, 1951-1961 as proper title.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Stone age-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Paleontology-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Fossil hominids-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Homo habilis-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Australopithecines-- Tanzania-- Olduvai Gorge.
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Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), Antiquities.
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Tanzania, Antiquities.
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| LC Classification
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GN776.52.T3T63 1967eb
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| Added Entry
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Leakey, L. S. B., (Louis Seymour Bazett),1903-1972
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