The last human a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans
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The last human a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans
Autor:
Esteban E Sarmiento
G. J Sawyer (Gary J.)
;
Richard Milner 1941-
;
Viktor Deak
;
Ian Tattersall
Assuntos:
Fossil hominids
;
Human evolution
;
Paleoanthropology -- Methodology
;
Human beings -- Origin
;
HOMINIDAE
;
EVOLUÇÃO
;
FÓSSEIS
;
HOMEM FOSSIL
;
HOMENS
;
PALEOPATOLOGIA
;
Hominidae
;
Evolution
;
Fossils
;
Humans
;
Paleontology -- methods
Notas:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index
Descrição:
Foreword We were not alone : Introduction 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 -- 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 -- 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? -- handful of know-how : Homo georgicus -- Eve without Adam : Homo erectus -- winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis -- 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 / Appendix 1 : The search for faces of the past / Appendix 2 : Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Editor:
New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press
Data de criação/publicação:
c2007
Formato:
256 p. ill. (chiefly col.), maps 28 cm.
Idioma:
Inglês
Disponível na Biblioteca:
FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e AtuáriaACERVO DELFIM NETTO (C8.27.40 )
IB - Instituto de Biociências (QH368 S246L )
MZ - Museu de Zoologia (572.1/4 L349 )