Author: Bishop, Walter W. and Clark, J. Desmond (editors)
Title: Background to Evolution in Africa
Description: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. First edition Pp. x, 935; numerous maps, geological sections, line drawings of artifacts, black-and-white photos of artifacts. One quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine over orange cloth-covered boards, pictorial blue dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, thick lg 8vo. This thick, large volume was based on a conference held at Burg Warternstein in Austria in 1965 funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The book is divided into three main parts: Paleontological, Stratigraphical, and Archaeological Considerations. Recommendations, arising from discussion during the conference, for specific revision of nomenclature and terminology are also included in this volume. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Light chipping to the dust jacket at the head and foot of the spine, a bright and clean copy in fine condition in a bright near fine dust jacket..

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