Evolution the human story
"This unrivaled illustrated guide to human evolution brings you face-to-face with your ancient ancestors. Traveling back in time almost eight million years, the book charts the development of our species, Homo sapiens, from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans. Evolution investigates each of...
| Corporate Authors: | DK Publishing, Inc. |
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| Other Authors: | Roberts, Alice M. (Editor, author of foreword.), Coward, Fiona Susan (Editor), Kennis, Adrie (Illustrator), Kennis, Alfons (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
DK Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | Second [American] edition, Revised edition / |
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding our past / author, Professor Michael J. Benton ; consultants, Dr. Fiona Coward, Professor Paul O'Higgins. Back in time ; The geological record ; What are fossils? ; Finding our ancestors ; Archaeological science ; Piecing it together ; Bringing bones to life ; Reconstruction ; Interpreting behavior
- Primates / author, Professor Colin Groves ; consultant, Professor Eric J. Sargis. Evolution ; Classification ; The first primates ; New World monkeys ; Early apes and Old World monkeys ; Modern apes ; Apes and humans
- Hominins / author, Dr. Kate-Robson-Brown, with contributions by Fiona Coward ; consultant, Professor Katerina Harvati. Human evolution ; Family tree ; Sahelanthropus tchadensis ; Orrorin tugenensis, Ardipithecus kadabba ; Ardipithecus ramidus ; Australopithecus anamensis ; Australopithecus bahrelghazali, Kenyanthropus platyops ; Australopithecus afarensis ; Australopithecus africanus ; Australopithecus garhi, Paranthropus aethiopicus ; Paranthropus robustus, Australopithecus sediba ; Paranthropus boisei ; Homo habilis ; Homo georgicus ; Homo ergaster ; Homo erectus ; Homo antecessor ; Homo heidelbergensis ; Homo floresiensis ; Homo neanderthalensis ; Homo naledi ; Homo sapiens ; Comparing heads
- Out of Africa / author, Professor Alice Roberts ; consultant, Dr. Stephen Oppenheimer. Human migrations ; Genetics of past migrations ; First hominin migration ; Last of the ancients ; A new species appears ; East along the coast ; The colonization of Europe ; Neanderthals and modern humans in Europe ; North and East Asia ; The New World ; Oceania
- From hunters to farmers / author, Dr. Jane McIntosh ; consultant, Dr. Peter Bogucki. After the ice ; Hunter-gatherers ; Rock art ; From foraging to food production ; Farmers in West and South Asia ; GoĢbekli Tepe ; Farmers in Africa ; Farmers in East Asia ; Farmers in Europe ; Farmers in the Americas ; Getting more from animals ; Craft development ; Metalworking ; Trade ; Religion ; Newgrange ; The first states ; Mesopotamia and the Indus ; Standard of Ur ; Dynastic Egypt ; Shang China ; American civilizations.