Author: Dirk Albert Hooijer
Publisher: Brill Archive
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Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Julien Louys
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466328
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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“The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of a chain of islands making up Sunda and the Malay Archipelago. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, housing unique and globally important tropical rainforests, a diverse array of rare plants and magnificent animals, and a population of 60 million who speak a range of Austronesian languages. As beautifully exemplified in this volume, Sumatra is a place which preserves a distinct and long-term human history, studies of which began in earnest with Eugene Dubois’s explorations in the 1880s to find our ancestral ‘missing link’. Archaeological investigation of megaliths and historic empires carry on to this day. A range of topics are explored here, including palaeontological study of fossil mammals and their environments, the routes that Homo erectus took during their wanderings across Indonesia, and the growth and development of societies and empires in more recent periods. This exemplary volume presents a revised view of the history of palaeontological and archaeological research as well as new ground-breaking field research, laying the foundation for future research on the biological and cultural evolution of one of the most majestic islands of the world.” ­— Professor Michael Petraglia, Director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University

Author: C.L. Camp, S.P. Welles, and Morton Green
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 081371057X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Author: L.C. Rookmaaker
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000162281
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.

Author: H.R. van Heekeren
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004286918
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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The first edition of The Stone Age of Indonesia was published as Volume 21 (1957) in the series Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.

Author: A. Hoogerwerf
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Udjung-Kulon Nature Park
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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Author: Becking
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900462970X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Author: Alexandra van der Geer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405190094
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors. This timely and innovative book is the first to offer a much-needed synthesis of recent advances in the exciting field of the evolution and extinction of fossil insular placental mammals. It provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species. The authors discuss the human factor in past extinction events and loss of insular biodiversity. This accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.

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Publisher: Brill Archive
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Languages : en
Pages : 680

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