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03632aam a2200493 i 4500 001 A72E127CF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240405010125 008 221001t20232023njuab 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2022945328 020 $a 0691228531 020 $a 9780691228532 035 $a (OCoLC)1346294760 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d OCO $d NGU $d OCLCO $d TFW $d OCLCF $d ILM $d OCLCO $d IGP $d OCLCA $d ZLM $d CIA $d SILO 043 $a f------ 050 4 $a GN281 $b .K486 2023 082 04 $a 599.938096 $2 23 100 1 $a Kingdon, Jonathan, $d 1935- $e author. 245 10 $a Origin Africa : $b a natural history / $c Jonathan Kingdon. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a vii, 472 pages : $b chiefly color illustrations, maps (some color) ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Originally published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2023. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misrepresented continent on Earth. Celebrated evolutionary biologist and artist Jonathan Kingdon, a leading expert on the natural history of Africa, tells this extraordinary story as no one else can. Featuring a wealth of photographs and illustrations, the book is both a visual and narrative feast. Africa is the richest continent, containing every habitat from desert to tropical forest and the widest range of plants and animals found anywhere. It has experienced extraordinary climate fluctuations, meteor bombardment, and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions. Yet life has not only survived but evolved almost countless species. One group of primates evolved out of this crucible and moved out of Africa to dominate every continent on Earth. Africa has properties that ensure that most of human evolution couldn't have occurred anywhere else. A fascinating story told as never before, Origin Africa chronicles how the natural conditions of Africa enabled a spectacular evolution of plants and animals, including Homo sapiens. 505 0 $a Preface -- What is Africa? -- Gondwana's core -- Dawn and consequences from chance -- Afloat on planet ocean (adrift and heading North) -- Global wobbles and climate change -- Habitats defined by plants -- Emigration and immigration -- Diversity--highs and lows -- Succession -- Diseases and plagues -- Louder, softer, bigger, smaller, faster, slower, duller, brighter -- Behaviour drives morphology -- Ecological elders -- Import and export of primates -- Slow but smart -- The boreal, latitudinal realm -- The austral, longitudinal realm -- Niche-thieves -- Out of Africa and back again--the Banda Strandlopers -- Translating nature -- Mind and memory -- Process as principle. 650 0 $a Human evolution $z Africa. 650 0 $a Human beings $x Origin. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Africa. 651 0 $a Africa $x History. 650 6 $a EÌtres humains $x EÌvolution $z Afrique. 650 6 $a EÌtres humains $x Origines. 650 6 $a Sciences naturelles $z Afrique. 651 6 $a Afrique $x Histoire. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Human beings $x Origin $2 fast 650 7 $a Human evolution $2 fast 650 7 $a Natural history $2 fast 651 7 $a Africa $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kingdon, Jonathan. $t Origin Africa. $d Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2023 $z 9780691249032 $w (OCoLC)1378393184 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024611.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A72E127CF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search