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Author Sarmiento, Esteban E.

Title The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer and Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.

Publication Info. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GN282 .S27 2007    Available  ---
Description 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm
Note "A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index.
Contents Foreword / by Donald C. Johanson -- We were not alone. Introduction / by Ian Tattersall -- Earliest African hominids. Morning encounters. Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Orrorin tugenensis. Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba -- Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage. A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis. We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops. First nomad? Australopithecus afarensis. Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus. First tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi -- South African fossil caves sites. Animal trap : Australopithecus africanus. To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens -- Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo. A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis. Luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis. In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei. When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster -- From Africa to Asia? A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus. Eve without Adam : Homo erectus. A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis. An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis -- Africa, Europe, and then the world. Ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor. How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis. Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis. Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis -- Then there was one. Homo sapiens -- Afterword / by Maeve Leakey -- Appendix 1. Search for faces of the past / by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak -- Appendix 2. Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / by Richard Milner.
Indhold: Foreword / by Donald C. Johanson -- We were not alone -- Introduction / by Ian Tattersall -- The earliest African hominids (Morning encounters ; Sahelanthropus tchadensis ; Orrorin tuganensis ; Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba). -- Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage (A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis ; We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops ; The first nomad? -- Australopithecus afarensis ; Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus : The first tool-using scavenger? -- Australopithecus garhi). -- The South African fossil caves sites (The animal trap : Australopithecus africanus ; To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens). -- Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo (A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis ; The luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis ; In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei ; When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster). -- From Africa to Asia? (A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus ; Eve without Adam : Homo erectus ; A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis ; An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis). -- Africa, Europe, and then the world (The ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor ; How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis ; Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis ; Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis) -- Then there was one (Homo sapiens). -- Afterword / by Maeve Leakey -- The search for faces of the past / by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak / Appendix 1 -- Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / by Richard Milner / Appendix 2.
Subject Fossil hominids.
Fossil hominids.
Human evolution.
Human evolution.
Paleoanthropology -- Methodology.
Paleoanthropology.
Methodology.
Human beings -- Origin.
Human beings -- Origin.
Added Author Sawyer, G. J. (Gary J.)
Milner, Richard, 1941-
Deak, Viktor.
Tattersall, Ian.
ISBN 0300100477 hardback
9780300100471 hardback