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- catalog abstract ""The influence of Bill Bishop is reflected throughout this volume, even though his sudden death stopped a brilliant research career in full flow. Most of the authors are connected with Bill as research collaborators and students, or as the next generation of students of these supervisors." "The volume begins with an appreciation of Bill's life and work; the research contributions that then follow are arranged in three thematic sections, each with a scene-setting editorial overview:" "Part 1. Early Miocene of Uganda, including the first full account and discussion of the recently discovered oldest known hominoid Morotopithecus bishopi." "Part 2. Middle Miocene to Pleistocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya, a comprehensive account of the hominids and their environmental context from members of the Baringo Basin Project." "Part 3. Quaternary Environments, with particular emphases on the English Midlands, western Scotland and southern Africa." "Throughout this commemorative volume, the determination of editors and authors to place the results of specialist research into their environmental context is perhaps the clearest indication of the visionary influence of Bill Bishop."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11752578.
- catalog contributor b11752579.
- catalog contributor b11752580.
- catalog contributor b11752581.
- catalog contributor b11752582.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The influence of Bill Bishop is reflected throughout this volume, even though his sudden death stopped a brilliant research career in full flow. Most of the authors are connected with Bill as research collaborators and students, or as the next generation of students of these supervisors." "The volume begins with an appreciation of Bill's life and work; the research contributions that then follow are arranged in three thematic sections, each with a scene-setting editorial overview:" "Part 1. Early Miocene of Uganda, including the first full account and discussion of the recently discovered oldest known hominoid Morotopithecus bishopi." "Part 2. Middle Miocene to Pleistocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya, a comprehensive account of the hominids and their environmental context from members of the Baringo Basin Project." "Part 3. Quaternary Environments, with particular emphases on the English Midlands, western Scotland and southern Africa." "Throughout this commemorative volume, the determination of editors and authors to place the results of specialist research into their environmental context is perhaps the clearest indication of the visionary influence of Bill Bishop."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Setting their sights/sites on Uganda / J.L. Cormack -- Renewed research in the Ugandan Early Miocene / L. MacLatchy, D. Pilbeam -- Sexual dimorphism in Morotopitecus bishopi, an early Middle Miocene hominoid from Uganda, and a reassessment of its geological and biological contexts / M. Pickford, B. Senut, D. Gommery -- Saline, alkaline palaeolakes of the Tugen Hills, Kerio Valley region, Kenya Rift Valley / R.W. Renaut ... [et al.] -- Silali Volcano, Baringo, Kenya / G.J.H. McCall -- Environmental determinants in early hominid evolution / J.D. Kingston -- The Baringo Basin, Kenya / A. Hill -- Palaeoecology of Suidae from the Tugen Hills, Baringo, Kenya / L.C. Bishop, A. Hill & J.D. Kingston -- Plio-Pleistocene hominins from the Baringo Region, Kenya / B. Wood -- Lower and Middle Pleistocene archaeology of the Baringo Basin / J.A.J. Gowlett -- The archaeology of the Kapthurin Formation / S. McBrearty.".
- catalog description "The chronology of Middle Pleistocene ("Wolstonian") events in the English Midlands / D.H. Keen -- Middle Pleistocene reconstruction of the Baginton River Basin / D. Maddy -- The impact of the deforming bed model on the reconstruction of British Quaternary ice sheets / J.K. Hart -- The palaeoclimatic and biostratigraphic significance of herpetofaunal remains from the British Quaternary / C.P. Gleed-Owen -- Brighouse Bay, southwest Scotland / J.M. Wells ... [et al.] -- The peatlands of northwest Scotland as Holocene palaeoclimatic archives / D.E. Anderson -- Late Quaternary evolution of the central and southern Kalahari / S. Stokes, R. Washington & A. Preston.".
- catalog extent "xi, 276 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1862390363".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Geological Society ; Tulsa, OK, USA : Distributors, USA, AAPG Bookstore,".
- catalog spatial "Africa".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Kenya".
- catalog spatial "Uganda".
- catalog subject "551.78 21".
- catalog subject "Bishop, Walter W. Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Bishop, Walter W.".
- catalog subject "Fossil hominids Kenya Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Fossil hominids Uganda Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Fossil hominids.".
- catalog subject "Geology, Stratigraphic Cenozoic.".
- catalog subject "Geology, Stratigraphic Neogene Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Geology, Stratigraphic Quaternary Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Human evolution Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Africa Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Cenozoic Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Cenozoic.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Great Britain Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Neogene Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleoecology Quaternary Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Neogene Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Quaternary Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology.".
- catalog subject "QE738.5 .L38 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Setting their sights/sites on Uganda / J.L. Cormack -- Renewed research in the Ugandan Early Miocene / L. MacLatchy, D. Pilbeam -- Sexual dimorphism in Morotopitecus bishopi, an early Middle Miocene hominoid from Uganda, and a reassessment of its geological and biological contexts / M. Pickford, B. Senut, D. Gommery -- Saline, alkaline palaeolakes of the Tugen Hills, Kerio Valley region, Kenya Rift Valley / R.W. Renaut ... [et al.] -- Silali Volcano, Baringo, Kenya / G.J.H. McCall -- Environmental determinants in early hominid evolution / J.D. Kingston -- The Baringo Basin, Kenya / A. Hill -- Palaeoecology of Suidae from the Tugen Hills, Baringo, Kenya / L.C. Bishop, A. Hill & J.D. Kingston -- Plio-Pleistocene hominins from the Baringo Region, Kenya / B. Wood -- Lower and Middle Pleistocene archaeology of the Baringo Basin / J.A.J. Gowlett -- The archaeology of the Kapthurin Formation / S. McBrearty.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The chronology of Middle Pleistocene ("Wolstonian") events in the English Midlands / D.H. Keen -- Middle Pleistocene reconstruction of the Baginton River Basin / D. Maddy -- The impact of the deforming bed model on the reconstruction of British Quaternary ice sheets / J.K. Hart -- The palaeoclimatic and biostratigraphic significance of herpetofaunal remains from the British Quaternary / C.P. Gleed-Owen -- Brighouse Bay, southwest Scotland / J.M. Wells ... [et al.] -- The peatlands of northwest Scotland as Holocene palaeoclimatic archives / D.E. Anderson -- Late Quaternary evolution of the central and southern Kalahari / S. Stokes, R. Washington & A. Preston.".
- catalog title "Late Cenozoic environments and hominid evolution : a tribute to the late Bill Bishop / edited by Peter Andrews and Peter Banham.".
- catalog type "text".