Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

This magnificent volume is a clear and comprehensive review of the African mammalian fossil record over the past 65 million years. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa includes current taxonomic and systematic revisions of all African mammal taxa, detailed compilations of fossil site occurrences, and a wealth of information regarding paleobiology, phylogeny, and biogeography. Primates, including hominins, are particularly well covered. Taking into account the extensive research from the past three decades, it is an essential resource for anyone interested in the evolutionary history of Africa and the diversification of its mammals.

"A truly remarkable volume. Our knowledge of Africa's early mammals has increased so dramatically over the past forty years that I can do no more than express my astonishment. I encourage libraries and scholars to get this work into their library without delay." Richard Leakey, Stony Brook University

"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

"Here is a magisterial volume of nearly 1,000 pages of densely packed information authored by many of the leading scholars of our time. The book provides excellent summaries of the geological, geographic, climatic, ecological, and chronological settings in which the mammals of Africa have evolved. Anyone with an interest in the origins of humans and other mammals---in their past settings and in the natural communities of which they were part---will be thrilled to read and refer to this superb collaborative effort." Jonathan Kingdon, coeditor of Mammals of Africa

Lars Werdelin is Senior Curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
William Joseph Sanders is a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Museum of Paleontology.