Smithsonian intimate guide to human origins / Carl Zimmer.
2005
GN281 .Z56 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Smithsonian intimate guide to human origins / Carl Zimmer.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0060829613
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books ; New York, NY : Collins, 2005.
Language
English
Description
176 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
Item Number
9780060829612
Call Number
GN281 .Z56 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.93/8
Summary
New discoveries in the field of human evolution are changing our understanding of human origins almost daily. What does all this new knowledge about our species mean? Science journalist Zimmer offers an illuminating journey through our ancestry, beginning 65 million years ago with the first primates and ending today, as we enter a new phase of evolution. Along the way he re-examines the major steps in human evolution, as hominids began to stand upright, fashion tools and develop consciousness. What's most intriguing, he concludes, is that fossils are no longer the sole source of information about our origins--part of the story of where we came from turns out to be inscribed in our own DNA!--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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