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Genre/Form: | Nature and Science |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernard Wood |
ISBN: | 0192803603 9780192803603 |
Language Note: | English. |
OCLC Number: | 851816455 |
Description: | 131 pages ; 180 x 120 mm. |
Contents: | 1. What to expect ; 2. Finding our place ; 3. Fossil hominins - discovery and context ; 4. Fossil hominins - analysis and interpretation ; 5. Possible and probable early hominins ; 6. Archaic hominins ; 7. Transitional and archaic Homo ; 8. Modern human origins ; Timelines ; Personalities ; Further Reading |
Series Title: | A very short introduction, 142 |
Responsibility: | Bernard A. Wood. |
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Abstract:
This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the very latest fossil finds. Bernard Wood shows how evidence from both fossils and the Human Genome Project can explain where modern-day humans fit into the Tree of Life.
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