Gurche, John.

Shaping Humanity : How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (364 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Beginnings: Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Chapter 2. Walkers and Climbers: Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- Chapter 3. The Impossible Discovery: Australopithecus africanus (3.3 to 2.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 4. The Paradoxical Specialist: Paranthropus boisei (2.3 to 1.0 million years ago) -- Interlude: Transitional Hominins and the Origin of Homo -- Chapter 5. The Traveler: Homo erectus (1.8 to 0.1 million years ago) -- Chapter 6. A Symbolic Animal: Homo heidelbergensis (0.7 to 0.2 million years ago) -- Chapter 7. The Other: Homo neanderthalensis (0.25 to 0.027 million years ago) -- Chapter 8. The Unlikely Survivor: Homo floresiensis (0.095 to 0.017 million years ago) -- Chapter 9. Linked: Homo sapiens (0.2 million years ago-?) -- Chapter 10. Endings -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Fossil hominids.
Human beings -- Origin.
Human evolution.


Electronic books.

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