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The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE / by Tattersall, Ian.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-132) and index.Evolutionary processes -- Fossils and ancient artifacts -- On their own two feet -- Emergence of the genus homo -- Getting brainier -- Modern human origins -- Settled life.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Fossil hominids.;
© 2008., Oxford University Press,
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The first human : the race to discover our earliest ancestors / by Gibbons, Ann.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index.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."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.
Subjects: Fossil hominids.; Human evolution.;
© 2007, ©2006., Anchor Books,
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Lucy, the beginnings of humankind / by Johanson, Donald C.; Edey, Maitland A.(Maitland Armstrong),1910-1992,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.Background -- The Golden decade, 1967-1977 -- What is Lucy -- Why did Lucy walk erect -- Unfinished business.Describes the discovery of the oldest, most complete skeleton of any erect walking human ancestor ever found in 1974 in Ethiopia.
Subjects: Australopithecus afarensis.; Lucy (Prehistoric hominid); Fossil hominids; Fossil hominids; Archaeology.; Lucy (Australopithecine);
© ©1981., Simon and Schuster,
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The fossil trail : how we know what we think we know about human evolution / by Tattersall, Ian.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-262) and index.Before Darwin -- Darwin and after -- Pithecanthropus -- The early twentieth century -- Out of Africa... -- ...Always something new -- The synthesis -- Olduvai Gorge -- Rama's ape meets the mighty molecule -- Omo and turkana -- Hadar, Lucy, and Laetoli -- Theory intrudes -- Eurasia and Africa: odds and ends -- Turkana and Olduvai-again -- The cave-man vanishes -- Candelabras and continuity -- Where are we?
Subjects: Human evolution.; Fossil hominids.; Anthropology, Prehistoric.; Humans Evolution;
© 1995., Oxford University Press,
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Lowly origin : where, when, and why our ancestors first stood up / by Kingdon, Jonathan.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Fossil hominids.; Bipedalism; Human beings; Human evolution.;
© c2003., Princeton University Press,
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Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth] / by Palmer, Douglas.; Lamb, Simon.; Gavira Guerrero, Angeles.; Frances, Peter.; DK Publishing, Inc.;
Young earth. Exploring earth's past ; The origin of the earth ; The first 500 million years ; Plate tectonics ; Changing climates ; Life and evolution ; Classification ; Mass extinctions ; Types of fossils ; Information in the fossil record ; Key fossil sites ; The geological timescale -- Life on earth. Archean ; Proterozoic ; Cambrian ; Ordovician ; Silurian ; Devonian ; Carboniferous ; Permian ; Triassic ; Jurassic ; Cretaceous ; Paleogene ; Neogene ; Quaternary -- The rise of the humans. Human relatives ; Human ancestors ; Origins of modern humans ; Out of Africa ; European hunter gatherers ; Paleolithic cave art ; After the ice.With an extensive catalog at its heart, "Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail; features breathtaking, state-of-the-art images; explores the concept of geological time; and explains the classification of species and how the evidence for their evolution is preserved and can be deciphered.
Subjects: Fossils.; Fossils; Animals, Fossil.; Animals, Fossil; Plants, Fossil.; Plants, Fossil; Fossil hominids.; Fossil hominids; Paleobiology.;
© 2009., DK Pub.,
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A history of life in 100 fossils / by Taylor, Paul D.,; O'Dea, Aaron,author.; Natural History Museum (London, England),issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index.
Subjects: Fossils.; Fossils; Life; Evolutionary paleobiology.; Evolution (Biology); Paleontology.; Animals, Fossil.; Plants, Fossil.; Fossil hominids.;
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Race and human evolution / by Wolpoff, Milford H.; Caspari, Rachel,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-437) and index.Multiregional evolution and Eve: science and politics -- A first lesson in the politics of paleoanthropology -- Polygenism, racism, and the rise of anthropology -- Slavery and its reverberations -- Polygenism after Darwin -- The last stand -- The straw man -- Functional morphology, orthogensis, and the Dubois Syndrome -- Center and edge -- Multiregional evolution -- Modern humans, modern races?
Subjects: Human evolution; Fossil hominids.; Racism; Racism in anthropology; Multiregional human evolution.;
© c1997., Simon & Schuster,
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Fatherhood : evolution and human paternal behavior / by Gray, Peter B.,1972-; Anderson, Kermyt G.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-294) and index.Our founding fathers -- A world of diversity: cross-cultural variation in paternal care -- Men and marriage -- Fathers and fertility -- Who's the dad? -- Father involvement, father absence, and children's outcomes -- The makings of a stepfather -- Having it all? Fatherhood, male social relationships, and work -- The descent of dad's sexuality -- Babies on his brain -- Health and the human father -- Rewriting the manual."We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson reveal, fatherhood actually alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile. His very health may suffer - in the short run - and improve in the long. These are just a few aspects of the scientific side of fatherhood explored in this book, which deciphers the findings of myriad studies and makes them accessible to the interested general reader." "Since the mid-1990s Anderson and Gray, themselves fathers of young children, have been studying paternal behavior in places as diverse as Boston, Albuquerque, Cape Town, Kenya, and Jamaica. Their work combines the insights of evolutionary and comparative biology, cross-cultural analysis, and neural physiology to deepen and expand our understanding of fatherhood - from the intense involvement in childcare seen in male hunter-gatherers, to the prodigality of a Genghis Khan leaving millions of descendants, to the anonymous sperm donor in a fertility clinic." "Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males - this book presents a uniquely detailed picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Fossil hominids.; Fatherhood.; Paternity.; Paternal Behavior.; Cross-Cultural Comparison.; Cultural Evolution.; Hominidae.; Parenting.; Family and Relationships.;
© 2010., Harvard University Press,
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Introducing palaeontology : a guide to ancient life / by Wyse Jackson, Patrick.;
Includes bibliographical references.The Science of Fossils. The fascination of fossils -- A chancy business: the preservation of fossils -- From the field to the laboratory: how to collect, curate and study fossils -- Code of conduct for fossil collectors -- Taxonomy: how to classify and identify fossils -- Uses of fossils -- Fossil Lagerstatten: exceptional preservation of fossils -- Early ideas on the nature and significance of fossils -- Fossil Groups. Algae and vascular plants -- Unicellular animals: Foraminifera and radiolarians -- Sponges -- Cnidaria -- Bryozoans -- Molluscs -- Brachiopoda -- Echinodermata -- Arthropods -- Graptolites -- Conodonts -- Fishes -- Tetrapods and amphibians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- Hominids and hominins -- Trace fossils.Life on Earth can be traced back over three thousand million years into the past. Many examples of the Earth's past inhabitants are to be found in rocks, preserved as beautiful and fascinating fossils. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these produced the oxygen that enabled more complex life forms to develop. About 600 million years ago multi-cellular organisms appeared on Earth, some of which could protect themselves with hard parts such as shells. Many of these life forms were readily fossilized and are used to subdivide geological time. Numerous species have evolved and most are now extinct. Lineages can be traced and extinctions explained as a consequence of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial events. Illustrated with photographs and explanatory diagrams this text provides an introduction to the science of palaeontology. The book is divided into two parts. The first explains what a fossil is; how fossils came to be preserved; how they are classified; and what information they can tell scientists about the rocks in which they are found. The second part introduces the major fossil groups taking a systematic view from algae and plants, through the numerous examples of invertebrate animals, to the vertebrates and finally to man's ancestors.
Subjects: Paleontology.;
© c2010., Dunedin,
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