Sarmiento, Esteban E. <br/><br/>
The last human :  a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / 
created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer and Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall 
 - New Haven, Conn. :  Yale University Press,  c2007. 
 - 256 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Peter N. Nevraumont book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  We were not alone. Introduction /  by Donald C. Johanson --  The earliest African hominids.  Morning encounters.  Sahelanthropus tchadensis.  Orrorin tugenensis.  Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba --  Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage.  A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis.  We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops.  The first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis.  Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus.  The first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi --  The South African fossil caves sites.  The animal trap : Australopithecus africanus.  To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens --  Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo.  A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis.  The luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis.  In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei.  When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster --  From Africa to Asia?  A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus.  Eve without Adam : Homo erectus.  A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis.  An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis --  Africa, Europe, and then the world.  The ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor.  How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis.  Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis.  Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis --  Then there was one.  Homo sapiens --  Afterword /  by Ian Tattersall --  by Maeve Leakey --  The search for faces of the past /  by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak --  Appendix 1.  Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors /  by Richard Milner.  Appendix 2. 
<br/><br/> Creates three-dimensional scientific reconstructions for twenty-two species of extinct humans, providing information for each one on its emergence, chronology, geographic range, classification, physiology, environment, habitat, cultural achievements, coexisting species, and possible reasons for extinction. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300100477 : HRD  $45.00 9780300100471 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Yale Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumberland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 SAN 631-8126 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006928034 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fossil hominids.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Paleoanthropology--Methodology.<br/>Human beings--Origin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN282  / .S27 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>569.9