Bibliograph

Shaping humanity, how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins, John Gurche

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Shaping humanity, how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins, John Gurche

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-337) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shaping humanity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

843025781

Responsibility statement

John Gurche

Sub title

how science, art, and imagination help us understand our origins

Table Of Contents

Beginnings : Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Walkers and climbers : Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- The impossible discovery : Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2. 1 million years ago) -- The paradoxical specialist : Paranthropus boisei (2.3. to 1.0 million years ago) -- Transitional hominins and the origin of Homo -- The traveler : Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- A symbolic animal : Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- The other : Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- The unlikely survivor : Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Linked : Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago - ?) -- Endings

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