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Author:

DeSalle, Rob.

Title:

Human origins : what bones and genomes tell us about ourselves / Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A & M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

216 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Human evolution.
Human beings--Origin.
Human genome.
Fossil hominids.
Paleoanthropology.
Evolution, Molecular.
Forensic Anthropology--methods.
Genome, Human.

Other Authors:

Tattersall, Ian.

Notes:

"A Peter N. Nèvraumont book." "Designed as a companion book to complement the American Museum of Natural History's exhibit, the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins"--P. 8. Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-212) and index.

Contents:

1. Thinking about our origins -- 2. Paleoanthropology -- 3. What's in a genome? -- 4. Evolution and human origins -- 5. The place of Homo sapiens in the tree of life -- 6. The human evolution story -- 7. Luck and hard work -- 8. The brain : the key -- 9. The importance of language -- Epilogue. One in a billion.

Series:

Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 13.

ISBN:

1585445673
9781585445677

OCLC:

(OCoLC)144520427

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)