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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin Meredith |
| ISBN: | 9781586486631 1586486632 |
| OCLC Number: | 435418538 |
| Description: | xxiv, 230 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The valley of wild sisal -- Dart's child -- Broom's triumph -- White African -- Dear boy -- Handy man -- Koobi Fora -- Hadar -- Laetoli -- Bones of contention -- Turkana boy -- A dance through time -- New frontiers -- Little foot -- Prototypes -- Pioneers -- Sapiens -- Exodus. |
| Responsibility: | Martin Meredith. |
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Abstract:
From the author of The Fate of Africa: a dramatic account of the exploits of anthropologists, archaeologists, and other scientists striving to uncover the mysteries of human origins
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<p>"Kirkus Reivew", April 15, 2011<br>"An appealing account of human evolution and the fiercely competitive anthropologists who are unearthing our ancestors' remains and arguing over what they mean.... The author does a superb job of describing the nuts-and-bolts of field research, the meaning of the often headline-producing findings and the ever-changing variety of species who split off from the common ancestors of chimpanzees and hominids." Read more...
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