Overview
- Provides the historical and geological background of the Late Pleistocene human skull from Hofmeyr
- Details the morphology and morphological assessments of this singular human skull
- Written for graduate students and professional paleoanthropologists interested in the later phases of human evolution
Part of the book series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (VERT)
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About this book
This edited volume provides the historical and geological background, as well as the details pertaining to the morphology and morphometric assessments, of a singular human cranial specimen from the Late Pleistocene discovered in Hofmeyr, South Africa. The chapters are divided into 4 main sections. Section 1 discusses the discovery and historical context of the skull, while section 2 addresses its geological and geochronological contexts through dating and stable isotope analyses. Section 3 details the general morphological and morphometric analyses (description, 3-D reconstruction, morphological comparisons), and section 4 details the specific morphological analyses performed (inner ear, dentition, endocranial morphology and size). The volume will be of interest to professional and student paleoanthropologists interested in the later phases of human evolution.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background and History
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Morphological and Morphometric Analyses of the Skull as a Whole
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Morphological and Morphometric Analyses of Particular Aspects of the Skull
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Summary Perspective on Hofmeyr
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Frederick Grine’s research focuses on the fossil record for human evolution, with particular emphasis on the African evidence. He is particularly interested in the reconstruction of past diets and behaviors, and in the evolutionary (phylogenetic) relationships among the different hominid species. He conducted archaeological excavations at the Middle Stone Age site of Die Kelders, South Africa, and has expertise with the Late Pleistocene record for the emergence of modern humans.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hofmeyr
Book Subtitle: A Late Pleistocene Human Skull from South Africa
Editors: Frederick E. Grine
Series Title: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07426-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07425-7Published: 30 December 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07428-8Published: 31 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07426-4Published: 29 December 2022
Series ISSN: 1877-9077
Series E-ISSN: 1877-9085
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Paleoecology, Geology