Our earliest ancestors

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Our earliest ancestors

Björn Kurtén ; translated from the Swedish by Erik J. Friis ; illustrations by Viking Nyström

Columbia University Press, c1993

Other Title

Våra äldsta förfäder

Uniform Title

Våra äldsta förfäder

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-145) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Tracing mankind's evolution from the birth of life on Earth three billion years ago to the emergence of modern human beings, this volume explains how the field of evolutionary study has been aided by research in comparative anatomy and molecular biology.

Table of Contents

  • Humanity and us
  • a long story, briefly told
  • prosimians - types and collateral branches
  • Africa - the original home?
  • Micoene lady
  • the fork in the road
  • hominids before homo
  • animals and humans
  • the ape-man
  • humans in the European Ice Age
  • us
  • the present and the future.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA23150607
  • ISBN
    • 0231080611
  • LCCN
    93006516
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    swe
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 158 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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