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Le Gros Clark (W. E.) & Leakey (L. S. B.)

1.) THE MIOCENE HOMINOIDEA OF EAST AFRICA & 2.) THE PLEISTOCENE FAUNA OF TWO BLUE NILE SITES (1951)

An important monograph that helped establish the importance of hominid fossils from East Africa.

Published: The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1951

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $140

Bidding opens: 3 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Apr 16:30 GMT

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Publisher's softcover binding in grey wraps with titles in black on front panels.

Volume I: THE MIOCENE HOMINOIDEA OF EAST AFRICA by W. E. Le Gros Clark & L. S. B. Leakey

117pp + 9 plates and 28 figures in the text.

Some of the chapters are: 

1.) The Discovery of Miocene Fossils in Kenya

2.) The Sites which have yielded Miocene Hominoid Material

3.) The Age of the Miocene Beds

4.) The Mode of Occurrence of the Hominoid Fossils

5.) Analysis of the Distribution of Primate Fossils

8.) Detailed Description of the Material

9.) The Miocene Hominoidea of East Africa in Relation to the Evolution of the Primates

Volume II: THE PLEISTOCENE FAUNA OF TWO BLUE NILE SITES by Dorothea Bate, L.H. Wells, A.D. Lacaille

50pp with numerous figures in text.

Chapters include:

1.) The Mammals from Singa and Abu Hugar

2.) The Fossil Human Skull from Singa

3.) The Stone Industry of Singa-Abu Hugar

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: Large 4to.


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