The first human : the race to discover our earliest ancestors / Ann Gibbons.
"In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind? Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the 'missing link' - the fossil of the earliest human ancestor - Gibbons ventures to Africa, where she encounters a fascinating array of fossil hunters: Tim White, the irreverent Californian who discovered the partial skeleton of a primate that lived 4.4 million years ago in Ethiopia; French paleontologist Michel Brunet, who uncovers a skull in Chad that could date the beginnings of humankind to seven million years ago; and two other groups - one led by zoologist Meave Leakey, the other by British geologist Martin Pickford and his French paleontologist partner, Brigitte Senut - who enter the race with landmark discoveries of their own. Through scrupulous research and vivid first-person reporting, The First Human reveals the perils and the promises of fossil hunting on a grand competitive scale."--Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400076963
- ISBN: 140007696X
- Physical Description: xix, 303 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Anchor books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2007, ©2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Map: the cradle of humanity -- "First Human" fossil finds by year -- Time line: the human family -- The fossil hunters -- African trailblazers -- Continental divide -- The early ancestor -- Drawing bloodlines -- Lucy, the late ancestor -- Defining humans -- Banishment -- The lady of the lake -- A view from afar -- The root ape -- West side story -- Turf wars -- Toeing the line -- Millennium man -- Toumaï -- Bones of contention -- Habitat for humanity. |
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Subject: | Fossil hominids. Human evolution. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | GN 282 .G53 2007 | 30775305532252 | General Collection | Available | - |