Journal of Human Evolution – Book Review Blog

Domínguez-Rodrigo, M, L Alcalá & L Luque, eds. (2009) Peninj: A Research Project on Human Origins (1995-2005). Oxbow Books, Oxford. 284 pp. ISBN 978-1-84217-382-4

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August 2010, Edited Volumes Africa, Archaeology, Hominin behaviour, Pleistocene

Haile-Selassie Y & G WoldeGabriel (eds.) 2009. Ardipithecus kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. 664 pp. ISBN 978-0520254404

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Edited Volumes, February 2010 Africa, Ardipithecus, Ethiopia, Miocene, Paleoanthropology

FE Grine, JG Fleagle, RE Leakey (eds.). 2009. The First Humans: Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo. Springer Press; The Netherlands. 220 pp. ISBN 978-1-4020-9979-3 (HB), 978-1-4020-9980-9 (e-book).

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Edited Volumes, October 2009 Africa, Early Homo, History of science, Pleistocene

Gilbert WH & Asfaw B (eds.). 2008. Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. 458 pp. ISBN 978-0-520-25120-5.

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Edited Volumes, September 2009 Africa, Paleoanthropology, Pleistocene, Skeletal biology

Dominguez-Rodrigo M, Barba R, Egeland CP (eds.). 2007. Deconstructing Olduvai: A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites. Springer Press; The Netherlands. 331 pp. ISBN 978-1-4020-6150-9 (HB), 978-1-4020-6152-3 (e-book).

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Edited Volumes, September 2009 Africa, Archaeology, Olduvai, Taphonomy

Vermeersch, PM (ed.) 2008. A Holocene Prehistoric Sequence in the Egyptian Red Sea Area: The Tree Shelter. Egyptian Prehistory Monograph. Leuven University Press. 104 pp. ISBN 978-90-5867-663-4.

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August 2009, Edited Volumes Africa, Archaeology, Egypt, Holocene