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The last human a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans

Esteban E Sarmiento G. J Sawyer (Gary J.); Richard Milner 1941-; Viktor Deak; Ian Tattersall

New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press c2007

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (C8.27.40 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    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
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