From Lucy to Language
Published on 17. March 1997
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-297-83328-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides an accessible and up-to-date presentation of the evidence for human evolution. Produced by a collaboration of scientific and photographic talent, this book showcases the specimens behind the science of paleoanthropology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Illustrations
200 colour photograp
Dimensions
Height: 1 mm
Width: 1 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight
1727 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-297-83328-4 (9780297833284)
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Donald C. Johanson | Blake Edgar
From Lucy to Language
Book
09/2001
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
€43.53
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Persons
Donald Johanson is known worldwide for his discovery of the Lucy skeleton. He conducts frequent lectures, has written five books and is founder and president of the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley, California.Blake Edgar combines backgrounds in anthropology, zoology and journalism to report on a broad range of scientific subjects.David Brill has been staff photographer for National Geographic, and has worked extensively with Donald Johanson on field research sites for the past twenty five years.The authors live California, USA
Content
Part 1 Central issues in palaeoanthropology:what is a human?; ancestors; lineages; migration; diversity; evidence; anatomy; society; bipedalism; tools; customs; culture; climate, culture and consciousness. Part 2 Encountering the evidence: earliest hominids; the Australopithecines; Homo; artefacts.