What Does It Mean to Be Human?
The Official Companion to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Hall of Human Origins
Will be published approx. on 9. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4262-0606-1 (ISBN)
Description
The book presents a wealth of attractive new material especially developed for the Hall's displays, from life-like reconstructions of our ancestors sculpted by the acclaimed John Gurche to photographs from National Geographic and Smithsonian archives, along with informative graphics and illustrations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 232 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4262-0606-1 (9781426206061)
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Person
Chris Sloan is senior editor and the director of mission projects at National Geographic magazine. He is a specialist at developing stories on archaeology, paleoanthropology, and paleontology. Rick Potts is director of the Smithsonian's human origins program and curator of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History.