The origins of man / Douglas Palmer

By:

Palmer, Douglas [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : New Holland Publishers (UK), 2007.Description: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cmISBN:

9781845371654

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

GN 281 .P35 2007

Contents:

Humankind : a truly global species -- Preserving out prehistory : what the archaeological record tells us -- Our view of antiquity and how it has changed -- Our immediate pre-sapiens ancestors -- Searching for the origins of humanness : (defining the 'floor' to humanness) -- The southern apes : the australopithecines -- Mind the gap : searching for the roots of the family 'bush" -- The dispersal of humans and the development of languages.

Summary: Richly supplemented with detailed, specially commissioned cartography, illustrations and photographs, this book gathers the many strands of investigation into our origins to offer a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of our origins.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Reference	Reference	REF GN 281 .P35 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002710

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Richly supplemented with detailed, specially commissioned cartography, illustrations and photographs, this book gathers the many strands of investigation into our origins to offer a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of our origins.

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