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| Other authors / contributors: | Leakey, Meave G., editor.
Harris, John Michael, editor.
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| ISBN: | 0231507607
9780231507608
0231118708
9780231118705
0231118716
9780231118712
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Located at the southwest corner of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Lothagam represents one of the most important intervals in African prehistory. Early human remains are restricted in distribution to Africa and the acquisition of an upright bipedal striding gait, the hallmark of humanity, appears to be at least circumstantially linked to the reduction of equatorial forests and the spread of grasslands on that continent. The diverse Lothagam fauna documents the end-Miocene transition from forested to more open habitats that were exploited by grazing horses and antelopes, hippos, giant pigs, and true elephants. It also includes spectacularly complete fossil carnivore skeletons and some of the oldest human remains.
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| Other form: | Print version: Lothagam. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003 0231118708 0231118716
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| Standard no.: | 10.7312/leak11870
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