Table of Contents
List of ContributorsSearching for an Interdisciplinary Convergence in Paleoanthropology, Timothy G. Bromage and Friedemann SchrenkPart I. Theory1. Introduction, Yves Coppens2. Habitat Theory in Relation to the Evolution in African Neogene Biota and Hominids, Elisabeth S. Vrba3. Paleontology and Macroevolution: On the Theoretical Conflict between an Expanded Synthesis and Hierarchic Punctuationism, Frederick S. Szalay4. The Autocatalytic Nature of Hominid Evolution in African Plio-Pleistocene Environments, Jeffrey K. McKee5. In Search of Paleohominid Community Ecology, Michael L. Rosenzweig6. Evolution in the African Plio-Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna: Correlation and Causation, Alan TurnerPart II. Geology, Ecology, and Biogeography7. Introduction, Jonathan Kingdon8. Cenozoic Climate Change, George H. Denton9. Landforms, Climate, Ecogeographic Mosaics, and the Potential for Hominine Diversity in Pliocene Africa, Eileen M. O'Brien and Charles R. Peters10. Ecological Links between African Savanna Environments, Climate Change, and Early Hominid Evolution, Norman Owen-Smith11. Evolutionary Processes Implicit in Distribution Patterns of Modern African Mammals, Peter GrubbPart III. Fossil Faunas12. Introduction, F. Clark Howell13. Biogeography, Dietary Specialization, and the Diversification of African Plio-Pleistocene Monkeys, Brenda R. Benefit14. Toward an Evolutionary History of African Hipparionine Horses, Raymond L. Bernor and Miranda Armour-Chelu15. Suid Paleoecology and Habitat Preferences at African Pliocene and Pleistocene Hominid Localities, Laura C. Bishop16. Of Mice and Men: Evolution in East and South Africa during Plio-Pleistocene Times, Christiane Denys17 Relationships between East and South African Mammal Faunas, Peter Grubb et al.Part IV. Hominid Evolution18. Introduction, Meave Leakey19. Basin Evolution, Sedimentary Dynamics, and Hominid Habitats in East Africa: An Ecosystem Approach, Craig S. Feibel20. African Miocene Environments and the Transition to Early Hominines, Peter Andrews and Louise Humphrey21. Plio-Pleistocene Floral Context and Habitat Preferences of Sympatric Hominid Species in East Africa, Nancy E. Sikes22. Grades among the African Early Hominids, Mark Collard and Bernard Wood23. Evolutionary Geography of Pliocene African Hominids, Robert Foley24. Early Hominid Dental Development and Climate Change, Fernando Ramirez Rozzi, Christopher Walker, and Timothy Bromage25. Habitat Specificity and Early Hominid Craniodental Ecomorphology, Timothy G. BromageAppendix: A Locality-based Listing of African Plio-Pleistocene Mammals, Alan Turner et al.GlossaryReferences CitedTaxon IndexSubject Index
