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Tracing mankind's evolution from the birth of life on Earth three billion years ago to the emergence of modern human beings, this volume explains how the field of evolutionary study has been aided by research in comparative anatomy and molecular biology.

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Humanity and us; a long story, briefly told; prosimians - types and collateral branches; Africa - the original home?; Micoene lady; the fork in the road; hominids before homo; animals and humans; the ape-man; humans in the European Ice Age; us; the present and the future.

Our Earliest Ancestors

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A Hardback by Björn Kurtén

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    Publisher: Columbia University Press
    Publication Date: 28/10/1993
    ISBN13: 9780231080613, 978-0231080613
    ISBN10: 0231080611
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    Evolution / Evolutionary biology Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Tracing mankind's evolution from the birth of life on Earth three billion years ago to the emergence of modern human beings, this volume explains how the field of evolutionary study has been aided by research in comparative anatomy and molecular biology.

    Table of Contents
    Humanity and us; a long story, briefly told; prosimians - types and collateral branches; Africa - the original home?; Micoene lady; the fork in the road; hominids before homo; animals and humans; the ape-man; humans in the European Ice Age; us; the present and the future.

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