Arambourg, C. and Hoffstetter, R.

Le Gisement de Ternifine, I.

Paris: Masson et Cie Editeurs, 1963. First edition. Pp. 190; 3 color plates with tissue-guard printed captions, 10 full page black-and-white photo-plates, with tissue-guard printed captions, 98 text-figures (geological sections, line-drawings of fossil humans, black-and-white photo of fossils). Publisher's original pale green wrappers, lettered in black and in red, 4to. Archives de L'Institut de Paleontologie Humaine, memoir number 32. This monograph documents the fossil humans found in Ternifine Cave in Algeria. These were originally classified as Atlanthropus mauritanicus but today is judged by many to be late African Homo erectus. From the library of Dutch paleontologist D. A. Hooijer with name stamp on the front wrapper and his signature on the title page. The half-title page is stamped ""Hommage de L'Auteur."" The text is in French. No other ownership marks. The edges of the wrappers shown wear along the spine, one corner of the rear wrapper has a small crease, light sunning to the outer border of the front wrapper; overall, a very good copy..

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Book number: 8274

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Arambourg, Camille

Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, 1932-1933, Tome I: Geologie - Anthropologie, Fascicle II (Geologie) + Fascicle III (Paleontologie): Contribution a l'etude geologique et paleontologique du bassin du lac Rodolphe et de la basse vallee de l'Omo

Paris: Editions du Museum, 1943-1948. First edition. Pp. (fascicle II): (1), 63-230; 37 text-figures (mostly geological diagrams), very large folding color geologic map with onion skin overlay, 11 full page black-and-white photo-plates of human skulls, ethnographic scenes, geological scenes/sections and fossil Mollusca + Pp. (fascicle III): 231-559; 90 text-figures (mostly line-drawings of fossils), 40 full page black-and-white photo-plates of vertebrate fossils. Publisher's original light green printed wrappers + original dark gray printed wrappers, 4to. From the series: Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouv. ser., Tome 1, Fascicle II (Premiere Parte - Geologie) and Fascicle III (Deuxieme Parte - Paleontologie). In 1932 and 1933, Camille Arambourg and colleagues undertook a geological and paleontological survey of the Lake Rudolf Basin (now Lake Turkana Basin) in Kenya and Omo River Basin in Ethiopia. These volumes, published in 1943 and 1948, present a comprehensive geological survey of the area explored with a large-scale color geological map and a detailed anatomical analysis of vertebrate fossils collected in the 1932-1933 surveys. These fossils were important for the biostratigraphic dating of the vertebrate fauna that was later associated with the early hominins discovered in the Turkana and Omo Basins during the years 1967 to 1980. The geological and paleontological sections of these monographs are individually numbered pages 1 - 406; it is the complete work. In addition, fascicle II also contains two other significant papers ""Contribution a l'anthropologie de l'Afrique orientale: Les Tourkana et les Kikouyou"" by P. Lester and ""Mollusques fossiles et subfossiles du Bassin du Lac Rodolphe"" by J. Roger. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Light sunning to the pale green wrappers of fascicle II with a slight bump to the bottom outer corner, fascicle III in 'as new' condition; overall a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8314

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Bacon, Anne-Marie (editor)

Les sites de Tam Hang, Nam Lot et Tam Pà Ling au nord du Laos: Des gisements à vertébrés du Pléistocène aux origines des Hommes modernes

Paris: CNRS Editions, 2012. First edition. Pp. 149; 66 text-figures and maps (some full page and nearly all in color). Color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. An important new monograph on the archaeology and fossil record of three limestone caves in northern Laos. The findings from these sites have implications for the origin of modern Homo sapiens in Asia. The color diagrams in this monograph are very striking. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9547

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Bacon, Anne-Marie (editor)

Les sites de Tam Hang, Nam Lot et Tam Pà Ling au nord du Laos: Des gisements à vertébrés du Pléistocène aux origines des Hommes modernes

Paris: CNRS Editions, 2012. First edition. Pp. 149; 66 text-figures and maps (some full page and nearly all in color). Color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. An important new monograph on the archaeology and fossil record of three limestone caves in northern Laos. The findings from these sites have implications for the origin of modern Homo sapiens in Asia. The color diagrams in this monograph are very striking. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9587

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Barigozzi, Claudio et al. (editors)

Atti Del Colloquio Internazionale sul Tema: l""Origine Dell'uomo Indeteto in occasione Del Primo Centenario Della pubblicazione Dell'opera Di Darwin ""The Descent of Man"" (Roma, 28-30 Ottobre 1971)

Roma: Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, 1973. First edition. Pp. 372, (4, ads); numerous illustrations. Original printed light gray wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This work presents 17 papers by notable authorities in the field from an important colloquium held in Rome on October 28-30, 1971. The text is mostly in English but there are a few chapters in French and Italian. No ownership marks and no signs of use. The pages are uncut and unopened. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8198

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Brain, C. K. (editor)

Swartkrans: A Cave's Chronicle of Early Man (Transvaal Museum Monograph no. 8)

Pretoria: Transvaal Museum, 1993. First edition. Pp. xii, 270; numerous text-figures (black-and-white photos, halftone drawings, line-drawings, maps, geological diagrams, graphs). Publisher's original cream-colored cloth, lettered in brown on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. The Swartkrans cave is one of the classic early hominin sites where more remains of the Australopithecus robustus ape-man have been found than at any other locality in Africa. Australopithecus robustus is also known as Paranthropus robustus. For over 20 years an investigation of this extraordinary cave has been conducted by C. K. Brain producing a wealth of information of the life and death of this early hominins, their associated fauna and the environment. Results of the last seven years of excavation are presented in this volume in 13 chapters by noted specialists in various parts of the world. The foreword to this work is written by F. Clark Howell. This is Transvaal Museum Monograph no. 8. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8273

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Broom, Robert and Robinson, J. T. + Schepers, G.W.H.

Further Evidence of the Sterkfontein Ape-Man Plesianthropus (Part 1) + The Brain Casts of the Recently Discovered Plesianthropus Skulls (Part 2)

Pretoria: The Transvaal Museum, 1950. First edition. Pp. 117; 8 full page plates (mostly black-and-white photos of fossil skulls and limb bones), 34 text-figures (anatomical diagrams of ""Plesianthropus"" fossils and drawings of endocranial casts). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, 4to. Transvaal Museum Memoir no. 4. Paleoanthropologist John Robinson joins Robert Broom in the description of additional early hominin fossils from Sterkfontein cave. Today, the hominin fossils from Sterkfontein are known as Australopithecus africanus and Australopithecus prometheus. No ownership marks and almost no signs of use. Cloth on spine a little sunned, endpapers show some browning; overall, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8317

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Ciochon, Russell L. and Fleagle, John G.

The Human Evolution Source Book

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Routledge, 2006. Second edition. Pp. xix, 699; numerous black-and-white photos, halftones, line-drawings and maps. Color pictorial black wrappers, lettered in orange on the spine and the covers, 4to. This second edition contains totally new content over the first edition. It presents 75 separate papers by noted authorities in the field documenting all aspects of human evolution. The work is divided into nine parts. It is inscribed on the title page by the first author: “With my best wishes…” A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9558

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Crummett, Tracy Leigh

The Evolution of Shovel Shaping: Regional and Temporal Variation in Human Incisor Morphology

Ann Arbor: UMI Dissertation Services, 1994. First edition. Pp. xvii, 363; numerous text-figures and maps. Publisher's original blue wrappers with printed title/author label on the front wrapper, 8vo. This is Dr. Crummett's Ph. D. dissertation on the significance of shovel-shaped incisors in the fossil record and in modern human populations. No ownership marks. Some light pencil checkmarks in the text; a bright and clean copy in fine (as new) condition..

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Book number: 8500

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Delson, Eric, Tattersall, Ian, Van Couvering, John and Brooks, Alison S. (editors)

Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory (second and final edition)

New York: Garland, 2000. Second edition. Pp. clv, 753; numerous black-and-white photos, stipple drawings, cladograms and maps. Red and white pictorial boards (hardbound), 4to. A detailed reference guide to human evolutionary studies by notable authorities on the field. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8480

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Delson, Eric, Tattersall, Ian, Van Couvering, John and Brooks, Alison S. (editors)

Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory (second and final edition)

New York: Garland, 2000. Second edition. Pp. clv, 753; numerous black-and-white photos, stipple drawings, cladograms and maps. Red and white pictorial boards (hardbound), 4to. A detailed reference guide to human evolutionary studies by notable authorities on the field. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8481

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Delson, Eric, Tattersall, Ian and Van Couvering, John

Paleoanthropology Annuals, Volume 1: 1990 (only volume published)

New York: Garland Publishing, 1991. First edition. Pp. xiv, 287; numerous black-and-white photographs, line-drawings, bivariate plots, maps. Publisher's original one-quarter gray cloth over blue cloth boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. This volume is the first and only volume published in a new series that failed to catch the interest of academic community. The volume presents 33 articles from journals and books that were published in the year 1990. This work was to have been issued each year to highlight significant paleoanthropology publications of that year. After the first year (1990), the publisher cancelled the series due to lack of sales. This is a one-of-a-kind summary of papers published in 1990. No previous volumes were issued. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8458

Catalogue: Human Evolution

DeVore, Paul L. (editor)

The Origin of Man: Transcript of a Symposium Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, convened by Sol Tax, held at the University of Chicago, April 2-4, 1965

New York: Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1965. First edition. Pp.vi, 151; some text-figures. Later orange cloth, original printed wrappers bound in place, no title on spine, 8vo. This recorded transcript of the papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Wenner-Gren, a granting agency, periodically sponsored symposia that bought together leading academics in particular fields. The topic ""Origin of Man"" was a hot topic in 1965 due to the announcement by Louis Leakey of a new species of the genus Homo, H. habilis in 1964. Leakey attended this meeting and had his comments recorded as all other members of the symposium. This restricted transcript was available to all members of the symposium and 'to authorized persons and institutions for $10 a copy. Spine cloth is lightly sunned, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8454

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Franzen, J.L., Kohler, M. and Moya-Sola, S. (editors)

Walking Upright: Results of the 13th International Senckenberg Conference at the Werner Reimers Foundation Bad Homburg and at the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, October 5-9, 1999

Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2003. First edition. Pp. 153; 69 figures (black-and-white photos and line-drawings), 18 tables. Stiff white wrappers, printed in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, volume 243. Conference volume presenting 16 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the topic of bipedalism. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9554

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Funk, V. A. and Brooks, D. R. (editors)

Advances in Cladistics: Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society

Bronx, NY: The New York Botanical Garden, 1981. First edition. Pp. xii, 250; numerous text-figures (cladograms and maps). Pictorial white stiff wrappers lettered in red and in black, sm 4to. ""Cladistics"" (=phylogenetic systematics) has emerged as a powerful analytical tool in comparative biology because it offers the most informative (least ambiguous) summations of any set of biological observations presented in a consistent, testable, reproducible framework"" (from the rear cover). The volume contains 13 chapters by notable authorities on cladistics. No ownership marks. Tiny bump to one front outer corner; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8293

Catalogue: Human Evolution