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037 _bYale Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumberland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 SAN 631-8126
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100 1 _aSarmiento, Esteban E.
245 1 4 _aThe last human :
_ba guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans /
_ccreated 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
260 _aNew Haven, Conn. :
_bYale University Press,
_cc2007.
300 _a256 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;
_c28 cm.
500 _a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.
505 0 0 _tForeword /
505 0 0 _rby Donald C. Johanson --
_tWe were not alone. Introduction /
505 0 0 _rby Ian Tattersall --
_tThe earliest African hominids.
_tMorning encounters.
_tSahelanthropus tchadensis.
_tOrrorin tugenensis.
_tArdipithecus ramidus and kadabba --
_tOmo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage.
_tA much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis.
_tWe are family : Kenyanthropus platyops.
_tThe first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis.
_tDispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus.
_tThe first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi --
_tThe South African fossil caves sites.
_tThe animal trap : Australopithecus africanus.
_tTo live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens --
_tBack to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo.
_tA two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis.
_tThe luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis.
_tIn the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei.
_tWhen opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster --
_tFrom Africa to Asia?
_tA handful of know-how : Homo georgicus.
_tEve without Adam : Homo erectus.
_tA winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis.
_tAn island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis --
_tAfrica, Europe, and then the world.
_tThe ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor.
_tHow to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis.
_tGreed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis.
_tHunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis --
_tThen there was one.
_tHomo sapiens --
_tAfterword /
505 0 0 _rby Maeve Leakey --
505 0 0 _gAppendix 1.
_tThe search for faces of the past /
_rby G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak --
505 0 0 _gAppendix 2.
_tPortraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors /
_rby Richard Milner.
520 _aCreates 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.
650 0 _aFossil hominids.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
650 0 _aPaleoanthropology
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aHuman beings
_xOrigin.
700 1 _aSawyer, G. J.
_q(Gary J.)
700 1 _aMilner, Richard,
_d1941-
700 1 _aDeak, Viktor.
700 1 _aTattersall, Ian.
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