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Author:
Johanson, Donald C.
Title:
Lucy's legacy : the quest for human origins / Donald C. Johanson, Kate Wong.
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
viiii, 321 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Lucy (Prehistoric hominid)
Australopithecus afarensis.
Human beings--Origin.
Other Authors:
Wong, Kate.
Notes:
Origninally published: Random House, 2009.
Contents:
Epilogue: Unsolved mysteries. Unfinished business -- Rocky beginnings -- Pay dirt -- Several successful field seasons -- Getting to know Lucy better -- Lucy's world -- Growing up Australopithecine -- The dawn of humankind -- The first Australopithecines -- Ecce homo -- Leaving the motherland -- The hobbits of Flores -- The Neandertals -- The rise of Homo sapiens -- Epilogue: Unsolved mysteries.
Summary:
In this sequel to the bestseller Lucy: the beginnings of humankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson and science journailst Wong explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago.
ISBN:
0307396401
9780307396402
OCLC:
(OCoLC)419801728
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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