A Search for Origins (ePub)
The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. Research based on fossils...
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A study of the 'Cradle of Humanity and its history.
The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. Research based on fossils found in the area as well as signs of early human habitation have shed new light on the evolution of humankind and on the significant role that southern Africa played in the development of modern humans. A Search for Origins aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. A number of general accounts have been written which have concentrated on the palaeontological discoveries made there. No systematic account written by specialists in their disciplines has, however, been published about the wider history of the COH and surrounding areas. In particular, no overview spanning the evolution of early plant and animal life, human development and recent and colonial history as reflected in discoveries linked to the COH, has been attempted. This edited volume frames the scientific advances that have been made in the COH against the intellectual and political background out of which they emerged. The multi-disciplinary approach - from a wide range of specialists -is innovative and ground-breaking.
Amanda Esterhuysen is Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Trefor Jenkins was appointed the first Professor of Human Genetics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1975, and has done research into the genetic relationships between living peoples, as well as training and mentoring a large number of clinical geneticists, molecular geneticists and genetic counsellors.
Phil Bonner was Professor of History at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he held the National Research Foundation (NRF) Chair in Local Histories and Present Realities.
Amanda Esterhuysen is Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Trefor Jenkins was appointed the first Professor of Human Genetics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1975, and has done research into the genetic relationships between living peoples, as well as training and mentoring a large number of clinical geneticists, molecular geneticists and genetic counsellors.
Marion Bamford is an Associate Professor in the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is a palaeobotanist and her speciality is fossil woods from hominini sites in Africa. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.
Jane Carruthers is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Africa, a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and President of the South African Historical Society.
Vincent Carruthers is the director of a management and
Tim Clynick is an independent public policy research executive. He holds a D.Phil in history from Queens University, Canada.
Saul Dubow is Professor of History at Sussex University in England. He is Chair of the Board of the Journal of Southern African Studies.
Simon Hall is a senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town. His current research focus is a multidisciplinary approach to recent Sotho/Tswana history that combines archaeological, oral and written evidence.
Thomas N. Huffman is Professor of Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He is interested in the archaeology of Pre-colonial farming societies in Southern Africa.
Kevin Kuykendall is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. His research interests involve field work at Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites in South Africa (Makapansgat Limeworks, Buffalo Cave, Gondolin), and the reconstruction of early hominid life history and patterns of craniodental growth.
David Pearce is a researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Himla Soodyall is a Principal Medical Scientist/Associate Professor in the Division of Human Genetics at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Goran Strkalj is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Phillip V. Tobias was a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites.
Lyn Wadley is Professor of Archaeology in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
- Autoren: Tim Clynick , Saul Dubow , Simon Hall , Thomas N. Huffman , Kevin Kuykendall , David Pearce , Himla Soodyall , Goran Strkalj , Phillip V. Tobias , Lyn Wadley , Phillip Bonner , Amanda Esterhuysen , Trefor Jenkins , Marion Bamford , Jane Carruthers , Vincent Carruthers
- 2007, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Trefor Jenkins, Phil Bonner, Amanda Esterhuysen
- Verlag: Wits University Press
- ISBN-10: 1776142306
- ISBN-13: 9781776142309
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2007
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- Größe: 63 MB
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