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Missing Links
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Author : John Reader
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2011-10-27
Missing Links written by John Reader and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Science categories.
Previous eds. published as: Missing links: the hunt for earliest man.
Missing Links In Search Of Human Origins
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Author : John Reader
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2011-10-27
Missing Links In Search Of Human Origins written by John Reader and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Social Science categories.
This is the story of the search for human origins - from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is the part played by fossils - first, in establishing the age of the Earth; then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible 'Missing Links' that would establish whether or not humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor. John Reader's passion for this quest - palaeoanthropology - began in the 1960s when he reported for Life Magazine on Richard Leakey's first fossil-hunting expedition to the badlands of East Turkana, in Kenya. Drawing on both historic and recent research, he tells the fascinating story of the science as it has developed from the activities of a few dedicated individuals, into the rigorous multidisciplinary work of today. His arresting photographs give a unique insight into the fossils, the discoverers, and the settings. His vivid narrative reveals both the context in which our ancestors evolved, and also the realities confronting the modern scientist. The story he tells is peopled by eccentrics and enthusiasts, and punctuated by controversy and even fraud. It is a celebration of discoveries - Neanderthal Man in the 1850s, Java Man (1891), Australopithecus (1925), Peking Man (1926), Homo habilis (1964), Lucy (1978), Floresiensis (2004), and Ardipithecus (2009). It is a story of fragmentary shards of evidence, and the competing interpretations built upon them. And it is a tale of scientific breakthroughs - dating technology, genetics, and molecular biology - that have enabled us to set the fossil evidence in the context of human evolution. John Reader's first book on this subject (Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man, 1981) was described in Nature as 'the best popular account of palaeoanthropology I have ever read'. His new book covers the thirty years of discovery that have followed.
The Wisdom Of The Bones
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Author : Alan Walker
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1997-09-02
The Wisdom Of The Bones written by Alan Walker and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-02 with History categories.
Describes the discovery in Africa of a nearly complete skeleton of a teenage male that may represent the "missing link" between apes and modern humans and provides a step-by-step analysis of the find and its significance
Missing Links
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Author : John Reader
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1990
Missing Links written by John Reader and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
In Search Of Human Origins
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Author : Paul Tisdall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
In Search Of Human Origins written by Paul Tisdall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Human beings categories.
Quarry Closing In On The Missing Link
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Author : Noel T. Boaz
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Quarry Closing In On The Missing Link written by Noel T. Boaz and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with Social Science categories.
A leading anthropologist's twenty-year quest in northern and eastern Africa shows how findings from a variety of fields contribute to a holistic picture of human evolution and provide a context for understanding today's problems.
The Story Of Human Evolution
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Story Of Human Evolution written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fossil hominids categories.
Billions Of Missing Links
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Author : Simmons, Geoffrey
language : en
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
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Billions Of Missing Links written by Simmons, Geoffrey and has been published by Harvest House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Hominid Gang
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Author : Delta Willis
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1991
The Hominid Gang written by Delta Willis and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Science categories.
The Hominid Gang explores a search for man's roots that extends Alex Haley's saga by millions of years. Delta Willis, who rode "shotgun" with some of modern paleontology's most famous fossil-finders, brings to life these scientific safaris into the lands and times of our ancestors. "Always engaging . . . a delightful piece of work".--The Washington Post. Full-color and black-and-white photographs throughout.
The Man Who Found The Missing Link
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Author : Pat Shipman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-07-04
The Man Who Found The Missing Link written by Pat Shipman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-04 with Homo erectus categories.
Pat Shipman's latest book is a scientific biography, written like a novel. It tells the story of one of the greatest scientists at the turn of the century - a Dutchman called Eugene Dubois, now largely forgotten, but the man whose discovery of the 'missing link' altered our view of human origins. As a young man, he decided that the most important contribution a man could make to science would be to find the missing link. It would be the proof of Darwinian evolution, then still controversial. He deduced where the missing link should be and found the fossil, now known as homo erectus, in Java in 1891. Shipman uses a fascinating range of letters, diaries and photographs to tell the story of how Dubois' life and career exploded across the world in the 1890s.