Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context

1 Laetoli revisited: Renewed paleontological and geological investigations at localities on the Eyasi Plateau in northern Tanzania.- 2 Paleontological localities on the Eyasi Plateau, including Laetoli.- 3 Sedimentology, lithostratigraphy and depositional history of the Laetoli area.- 4 40Ar/39Ar dating of Laetoli, Tanzania.- 5 Petrology, geochemistry and age of Satiman, Lemagurut and Oldeani: sources of the volcanic deposits of the Laetoli area.- 6 Geochemistry and mineralogy of Laetoli area tuffs: Lower Laetolil through Naibadad Beds.- 7 Geochemical and mineralogic characterization of Middle Stone Age tools of Laetoli, Tanzania, and comparisons with possible source materials.- 8 The ecology and biogeography of the Endulen-Laetoli area in northern Tanzania.- 9 Phytoliths and pollen, the microscopic plant remains in Pliocene volcanic sediments around Laetoli, Tanzania.- 10 Fossil woods.- 11 Fossil leaves, fruits and seeds.- 12 Serengeti micromammal communities and the paleoecology of Laetoli, Tanzania.- 13 The taphonomy and paleoenvironmental implications of the Laetoli micromammals.- 14 Coprolites: Taphonomic and paleoecological implications.- 15 Stable isotopic analyses of Laetoli fossil herbivores.- 16 Feeding ecology and niche partitioning of the Laetoli ungulate faunas.- 17 Paleoenvironments of Laetoli, Tanzania as determined by antelope habitat preferences.- 18 Environmental change within the Laetoli fossiliferous sequence: vegetation catenas and bovid ecomorphology.- 19 Large mammal evidence for the paleoenvironment of the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds of Laetoli, Tanzania.