The chosen species : the long march of human evolution
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The chosen species : the long march of human evolution
Blackwell, 2006
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La especie elegida
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the "chosen species" or merely an evolutionary accident.
Written by world-renowned paleoanthropologists who are co-directors of the excavations at Atapuerca---a World Heritage Site and Europe's oldest known burial site---where a new human species, homo antecessor, was discovered
Discusses various hypotheses of human evolution, drawing conclusions from verifiable facts and well-founded argument
Offers a compelling narrative written for nonspecialists and students of human evolution
Includes over 60 illustrations
Sold over 100,000 copies in the original Spanish-language edition
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Prehistory.
Little Lucy.
Intrepid Paleontologists..
Part I: Children of Africa.
1. Basic Principles of Evolutionary Theory.
2. We the Primates.
3. Climate and Evolution.
4. The Origin of Humanity.
5. The Bipedal Chimpanzee.
6. Paranthropus - Hominids of the Open Plains.
7. A New Kind of Hominid.
8. The Evolution of the Brain.
9. Teeth, Guts, Hands, Brain.
10. Development.
11. Social Intelligence.
Summary..
Part II: A New Home.
12. New Locations for Human Evolution.
13. The Neanderthals.
14. The Origins of Modern Humanity: the Fossil Evidence.
15. The Origins of Modern Humanity: The Genetic.
16. The Origins of Human Language.
17. The Meaning of Evolution.
Epilogue.
The Never-ending Story.
Bibliography.
Index.
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