Fossil Metacarpals from Swartkrans
By Napier, J. R.
SKU# 16065
Pp. (2), 18; 2 full page photo-plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher’s original gray stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the front cover, sm folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). From the series: Fossil Mammals of Africa, no. 17. Napier describes and compares two hominin metacarpals from Swartkrans Cave; he concludes one metacarpal is assignable to Paranthropus and the other to ‘Telanthropus’ now called early Homo.
| Publisher | British Museum (Natural History) |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Date Published | 1959 |
| Date Published Estimated | No |
| Edition | First edition |
| Number of Volumes | 1 |
| Reprint | No |
| Condition | Near fine |
| Condition Description | Small tape repair to front wrapper, light sunning to wrappers, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. |
| ISBN | |
| Limited Edition |