| Description |
457 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Richard Leakey and Alan Walker -- Pt. I. The Site. 2. Geologic Setting and Age / Francis H. Brown and Ian McDougall. 3. Microstratigraphy and Paleoenvironments / Craig S. Feibel and Francis H. Brown. 4. Taphonomy / Alan Walker. 5. The Faunal Context / John M. Harris and Meave Leakey -- Pt. II. The Specimen. 6. The Skull / Alan Walker and Richard Leakey. 7. The Postcranial Bones / Alan Walker and Richard Leakey. 8. The Dentition / Barbara Brown and Alan Walker -- Pt. III. Analytical Studies. 9. The Physiological Age of KNM-WT 15000 / B. Holly Smith. 10. The Reconstruction of the Pelvis / Alan Walker and Christopher B. Ruff. 11. Body Size and Body Shape / Christopher B. Ruff and Alan Walker. 12. The Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae / Bruce Latimer and Carol V. Ward. 13. The Rib Cage / Lyman M. Jellema, Bruce Latimer and Alan Walker. 14. The Endocast / David Begun and Alan Walker. 15. The Vertebral Canal / Ann MacLarnon |
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16. A Morphometric Study of Facial Growth / Joan T. Richtsmeier and Alan Walker. 17. Perspectives on the Nariokotome Discovery / Alan Walker -- A Note on Accession Numbers -- The Preparation and Casting of the Specimen |
| Analysis |
Nariokotome Boy (Homo erectus) |
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Nariokotome Boy (Homo erectus) |
| Notes |
Includes two folded maps in pocket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-448) and index |
| Subject |
Homo erectus -- Kenya.
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| Author |
Leakey, Richard E.
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Walker, Alan, 1938-
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| LC no. |
92032985 |
| ISBN |
0674600754 (alk. paper) |
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