
Origins Reconsidered
In Search of What Makes Us Human
Abacus (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 14. October 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-349-10345-7 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Leakey questions the widely accepted idea of a 2 million-year-old ancestry of hunters and gatherers - the men hunting, the women raising children - that is the basis of modern man's nuclear family, and asks why the first signs of humanity occurred a mere 15,000 years ago in the cave paintings of Lascaux. What was going on in the minds of men before that first recorded expression of art and humanity occurred? Richard Leakey also wrote People of the Lake and The Making of Mankind . Roger Lewin is also the author of the prize-winning Bones of Contention.
Reviews / Votes
An epic tale * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * Fascinating * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Anyone with curiosity will find a reason to read Origins Reconsidered: it is a superb account of the state of knowledge concerning the evolution of our species . . .Richard Leakey sees the wood and not just the trees * NEW SCIENTIST *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Section: 16, b&w
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-10345-7 (9780349103457)
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Persons
Richard Leakey is the world's most famous paleoanthropologist. He lives in Kenya, where he is currently in charge of that country's conservation programme. Roger Lewin is a prizewinning science writer.