Human Roots -

Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene

Editors: L Barham and K Robson-Brown
Foreword by: C Stringer

ISBN 09535418 4-3

Hardback, 262 pp, 87 figures, 13 tables
Price £35 plus p&p (£3 UK £5 rest of world)

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Debate about the Middle Pleistocene roots of our species has been eclipsed by louder arguments over Homo sapiens' emergence, especially in Europe. Very little has been published which directly compares the state of our knowledge in the two key continents, Africa and Asia. This timely volume begins to redress the balance. It brings together views of key researchers actively working in these areas, both palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists, some with wide ranging reviews, others with thought provoking theories and suggestions for the direction of future research. As a serious snapshot of the state of our knowledge at this critical period in time it will be a useful asset to anyone seriously teaching human origins at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Contributors: L Barham, P Brown, H Deacon & S Wurz, R Foley and M Lahr, J-J Hublin, S Keates, S McBrearty, K Paddaya, M Petraglia, R Potts, GP Rightmire, K Robson-Brown, H Schwarcz, P Storm and W Youping

"... just the thing for the advanced course in human evolution…"

"… a fabulous book and just right for my [palaeoanthropology] third years..."

"… will be useful as a palaeoanthropological resource for some time to come…"

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