Title:
Lucy's legacy : the quest for human origins / Donald C. Johanson, Kate Wong.
Author:
Johanson, Donald C.
Wong, Kate.
Publication Information:
New York : Three Rivers Press, c2010.
Call Number:
GN283.25 .J64 2010
Abstract:
In this sequel to the bestseller Lucy: the beginnings of humankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson and science journailst Wong explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago.
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ISBN:
9780307396402
Physical Description:
viiii, 321 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Origninally published: Random House, 2009.
Contents:
The woman who shook up man's family tree -- Unfinished business -- Rocky beginnings -- Pay dirt -- Several successful field seasons -- Getting to know Lucy better -- Lucy's world -- Growing up Australopithecine -- The dawn of humankind -- The first Australopithecines -- Ecce homo -- Leaving the motherland -- The hobbits of Flores -- The Neandertals -- The rise of Homo sapiens -- Epilogue: Unsolved mysteries.
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