Masters of the Planet
The Search for Our Human Origins
Fifty thousand years ago-merely a blip in evolutionary time-our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of the planet? Ian Tattersall, curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us deep into the fossil record to uncover what made humans so special. Surveying a vast field from initial bipedality to language and intelligence, Tatters…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-137-27830-2
- EAN: 9781137278302
- Produktnummer: 13973557
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.5 cm 320 g
- Abbildungen: Illustrations
- Gewicht: 320
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Ian Tattersall
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