Made in Africa: Hominin Explorations and the Australian Skeletal Evidence

Made in Africa: Hominin Explorations and the Australian Skeletal Evidence is a book that describes and documents the largest collection of modern human remains in the world from its time period. The fossils may be reburied in the next two years at the request of the Aboriginal community. Part one provides an overview of modern humans, their ancestors, and their journeys, while part two focuses on Australia and the evidence for its earliest people. Part three records the Willandra Lake Collection itself from a photographic and descriptive perspective.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 420 pages
Publication date: 09 May 2018
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Made in Africa: Hominin Explorations and the Australian Skeletal Evidence is a comprehensive book that presents and documents the largest collection of modern human remains ever discovered from the given time period. These Australian fossils, which represent modern humans at the culmination of their remarkable 20,000 km journey from Africa, have the potential to be reburied within the next two years, at the request of the Aboriginal community.

The book is divided into three parts. Part one provides an overview of modern humans, their ancestors, and their journeys. It explores the concept of human evolution over the past two and a half million years, defining the background to the first hominins and later modern humans who left Africa, crossed the world, and encountered other archaic peoples who had also traveled and undergone similar evolutionary pathways.

Part two focuses on Australia and the evidence for its earliest people. The Willandra Lakes fossils represent the earliest arrivals and are the largest and most diverse late Pleistocene collection from this part of the world. While twenty to twenty-five thousand years younger than the oldest archaeological site in Australia, they exemplify the migratory endpoint of the human story, showcasing a diversity and culture that is unparalleled elsewhere in the world.

Part three records the Willandra Lake Collection itself from a photographic and descriptive perspective. This book will be of immense value to evolutionary biologists and geneticists, as it provides a valuable documentation of the 20,000 km hominid migration from Africa to the most remote regions of the world. It also sheds light on the challenges and findings of the Willandra Lake Collection, making it a significant contribution to our understanding of human evolution and history.

Weight: 668g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780128147986