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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Travis PickeringPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780520274006ISBN 10: 0520274008 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 10 April 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Man among Apes 2. Prehistoric Bloodsport 3. Tamping the Simian Urge 4. Conceiving Our Past 5. Death from Above Coda Notes References IndexReviewsAn abbreviated but compelling history of the field, discussing dominant players as well as offering insights into how to interpret complex and fragmentary data. --Publishers Weekly Author InformationTravis Rayne Pickering is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). He directs the multidisciplinary Swartkrans Paleoanthropological Research Project and is a co-director of the Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project. He is the co-founder and coeditor of the Journal of Taphonomy and the coeditor of the book Breathing Life into Fossils. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |