Out of Africa I The First Hominin Colonization of Eurasia
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John G. Fleagle, John J. Shea, Frederick E. Grine, Andrea L. Baden, Richard E. Leakey
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John G Fleagle, John J. Shea, Frederick E. Grine, Andrea L. Baden, Richard E. Leakey
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Out of Africa I The First Hominin Colonization of Eurasia
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For the first two thirds of our evolutionary history, we hominins were restricted to Africa. Dating from about two million years ago, hominin fossils first appear in Eurasia. This volume addresses many of the issues surrounding this initial hominin intercontinental dispersal. Why did hominins first leave Africa in the early Pleistocene and not earlier? What do we know about the adaptations of the hominins that dispersed - their diet, locomotor abilities, cultural abilities? Was there a single dispersal event or several? Was the hominin dispersal part of a broader faunal expansion of African mammals northward? What route or routes did dispersing populations take?
John Fleagle is Distinguished Professor of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University. He has conducted paleontological field work in many parts of the world, including Argentina, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, and India. He is the author of the textbook Primate Adaptation and Evolution (1988, 1999, Elsevier), Co-Editor of the Human Evolution Sourcebook (1993, 2006, Prentice Hall) and the Editor of journal Evolutionary Anthropology.
Preface
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Contents
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Contributors
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Introduction
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Chapter 1: Early Pleistocene Mammals of Africa: Background to Dispersal
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Introduction
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Anthropoid Faunal Assemblages
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Patterns of Catarrhine Dispersal
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Patterns of Carnivore Dispersal
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The Early Pleistocene Carnivore Guild
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Early Pleistocene Herbivores: Proboscideans, Perissodactyls and Artiodactyls
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Conclusions
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References
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Chapter 2: Carnivoran Dispersal Out of Africa During the Early Pleistocene: Relevance for Hominins?
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Introduction
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The Plio-Pleistocene Carnivoran Guilds of Africa
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Questions Surrounding the Dispersal of Megantereon
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Brief History of the Taxonomy of Megantereon
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A New Species of African Megantereon: Significance for Dmanisi
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Ecomorphology of African Megantereon
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Megantereon and Hominin Behavior
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Reiteration of Questions Posed Earlier
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Conclusions
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References
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Chapter 3: Saharan Corridors and Their Role in the Evolutionary Geography of Out of Africa I
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Introduction
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A Biogeographical Model for Dispersals Out of East Africa
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Plio-Pleistocene North Africa
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Across Deserts and Mountains, Seas and Deltas
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Out of Africa Across the Sahara
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Out of Africa I : Different Routes and Directions
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Integrating Model and Data
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Causes, Conditions, Constraintsand Consequences
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Conditions
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Causes
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Constraints
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Consequences
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Concluding Thoughts
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References
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Chapter 4: Stone Age Visiting Cards Revisited: A Strategic Perspective on the Lithic Technology of Early Hominin Dispersal
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Introduction
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Background
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Early Paleolithic Stone Tools
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Pebble-Cores
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Large Cutting Tools
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Early Paleolithic Industries
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The Oldowan Industry
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The Developed Oldow
