A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals


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A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.










Cenozoic Mammals of Africa


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"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --







Human Beginnings in South Africa


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The Stone Age is now beginning to be recognised as vital in establishing who we are and where we have come from. This period has long been neglected.




Karoo Fossils


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The Karoo fossil record tells us much about the many animals that lived in what is now South Africa and include astonishingly detailed information on the origin of mammals, the early appearance of dinosaurs and the ancestors of living reptiles such as crocodiles.




Land Mammals of Southern Africa


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