The Postcranial Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis

This volume describes a 3.6 million-years-old partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis from the Woranso-Mille, central Afar, Ethiopia. This specimen is the first adult partial skeleton to be recovered since Lucy’s (A.L. 288-1) discovery in 1974. It is older than Lucy by 400,000 years and sheds light on the paleobiology of early Australopithecus afarensis, particularly the morphology of the shoulder girdle and thoracic shape, which are thus far poorly understood and actively debated. The fauna associated with the partial skeleton tells us enormously about Au. afarensis paleoecology and give us another piece of the puzzle regarding habitat availability and use for Au. afarensis outside the Hadar region where it has been well-known for the last four decades.
Springer

An aparitie	2016
Autor	Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Denise F. Su
Dimensiuni	21.2 x 1.8 x 28.7 cm
Editura	Springer
Format	Hardback
ISBN	9789401774277
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	191