The Wisdom of Bones. In Search of Human Origins

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BAD7810
Price:
$25.00

Description

The Wisdom of Bones. In Search of Human Origins by Alan Walker and Pat Shipman. 'The Wisdom of Bones provides a vivid insider's perspective on the global efforts to document our own ancestry." Richard Leakey. The search for the ;missing link; between apes and humans has exercised a hypnotic spell over anthropologists since the last century. The quest began in Java in the 1890s, moved to China in the 1920s and '30s to Africa ten years later, and in the 1960s to East Africa where the findings of Louis Leakey sketched a new view of human evolution. In 1948 in Kenya the search for our origins moved yet another step forward when Alan Walker discovered the most complete skeleton of Homo erectus ever found: the 'Nariokotome Boy'.

Details

  • Author:
    Walker, Alan & Pat Shipman
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    FR2
  • ISBN:
    0297816705
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    270
  • Publish Date:
    1996
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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