Contributors ............................................... vii
Foreword .................................................... ix
Garniss Curtis
Series Preface .............................................. xi
Tim White
Preface ................................................... xvii
Berhane Asfaw and W. Henry Gilbert
Acknowledgments ............................................ xix
1 Introduction ................................................. l
W. Henry Gilbert
2 Geology and Geochronology ................................... 13
Giday Wolde Gabriel, W, Henry Gilbert, William K. Hart,
Paul R. Renne, and Stanley H. Ambrose
3 Bovidae ..................................................... 45
W. Henry Gilbert
4 Carnivora ................................................... 95
W. Henry Gilbert, Nuria Garcia, and F. Clark Howell
5 Cercopithecidae ............................................ 115
W. Henry Gilbert and Steve Frost
6 Equidae .................................................... 133
W. Henry Gilbert and Raymond L. Bernor
7 Giraffidae ................................................. 167
W. Henry Gilbert
8 Hippopotamidae ............................................. 179
Jean-Renaud Boisserie and W. Henry Gilbert
9 Elephantidae ............................................... 193
Harm Saegusa and W. Henry Gilbert
10 Rhinocerotidae ............................................. 227
W. Henry Gilbert
11 Suidae ..................................................... 231
W. Henry Gilbert
12 Rare Taxa .................................................. 261
W. Henry Gilbert and Thomas Stidham
13 Homo erectus Cranial Anatomy ............................... 265
Berhane Asfaw, W. Henry Gilbert, and Gary D. Richards
14 Tomographic Analysis of the Daka Calvaria .................. 329
W. Henry Gilbert, Ralph L. Holloway, Daisuke Kubo,
Reiko T. Kono, and Gen Suwa
15 Hominid Systematics ........................................ 349
W. Henry Gilbert
16 Daka Member Hominid Postcranial Remains .................... 373
W. Henry Gilbert
17 Ecological and Biogeographic Context of the Daka Member .... 397
W. Henry Gilbert
18 Conclusions: Evolutionary Insights from the Daka Member .... 413
W. Henry Gilbert
Bibliography ............................................... 427
Index ...................................................... 449
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