| Description |
xvii, 232 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index. |
| Contents |
The bones of Dragon Hill -- The dragon reclaims its own -- Giants and genes: Changing views of Peking Man's evolutionary significance -- The third function: A hypothesis on the mysterious skull of Peking Man -- The adaptive behavior of the not-quite-human -- The times and climes of Homo erectus -- The nature of humanness at Longgushan: Brain, language, fire, and cannibalism -- Alpha and Omega: Resolving the ultimate questions of the beginning and endings of Homo erectus, the species -- Testing the new hypotheses. |
| Subject |
Peking man.
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Peking man. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Zhoukoudian.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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China -- Zhoukoudian. |
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Zhoukoudian (China) -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Ciochon, Russell L.
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| ISBN |
0195152913 cloth alkaline paper |
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