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Author:

Rutherford, Adam, author.

Title:

The book of humans : how homo sapiens became nature's most paradoxical creature-- a new evolutionary history / Adam Rutherford.

Publisher:

The ExperimentLLC,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Human evolution--Popular works.
Human genome--Popular works.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain as THE BOOK OF HUMANS by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd., a Hachette UK company, in 2018"--ECIP galley. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Evolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzees. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we? In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth, Adam Rutherford explores the profound paradox of the human animal.

ISBN:

1615195319
9781615195312

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1066069437

LCCN:

2018054306

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)