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_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 |
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_aNew Haven, Conn. : _bYale University Press, _cc2007. |
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_a256 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), maps ; _c28 cm. |
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500 | _a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book." | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | 0 | _tForeword / |
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_rby Donald C. Johanson -- _tWe were not alone. Introduction / |
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_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 -- |
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_gAppendix 1. _tThe search for faces of the past / _rby G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak -- |
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_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. | |
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_aPaleoanthropology _xMethodology. |
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_aHuman beings _xOrigin. |
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_aSawyer, G. J. _q(Gary J.) |
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_aMilner, Richard, _d1941- |
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700 | 1 | _aDeak, Viktor. | |
700 | 1 | _aTattersall, Ian. | |
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