Anthropology

NY Simon, Schuster C. 1981. BOMC. Hardcover. 0671250361 . 1" X 1" V-shaped tear on DJ's front flap's fore edge. O/w minor wear and rubbing on clean DJ. Spine lettering is slightly rubbed; 'tho no longer bright, it is eminently legible. O/w binding is clean and sound, with very minor edge wear. Bkpl on front flyleaf. Contents are clean and unmarked. VG / G + . ; 409pp. Index. 8p color photos, some b/w photos, numerous drawings . 9-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine, gold lettering . HISTORY. ANTHROPOLOGY. Burtsting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast-paced adventure novel, and filled with lively, up-to-the-minute scientific detail and marvelous illustrations in color and black-and-white, this book unfolds the exytraordinary story of Johanson's discovery of 'Lucy' - the oldest, most complete, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found. The book reveals the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins and provids a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the entire history of paleoanthropology - and the eccentric, colorful characters who are and were a part of it. . more information

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Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Broadcasting Corp.. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket. c. 1981. First Printing. Hardcover. 088794096X . Very minor wear on clean DJ. Light-colored binding is almost like new. Frequent pencilled margin check marks, occasional pencil underlining of text on o/w almost like new contents. VG - / VG + . ; Index. Cream boards, bright metallic lettering . ANTHROPOLOGY / SCIENCE . Conveys the excitement of the scientific revolution in human evolution research to the general reader. Explores the newest research and puts this research into the scientific context of evolutionary biology, and into the historic context of the post-Darwinian search for the earliest human ancestors . ; 9-1/4" Tall; 157 pages . more information

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NY: Holt, Rinehart And Winston. Good. c. 1969. Trade Paperback. 0030795508 . Full-length creases at spine on front & back covers. The surface of the back cover has been torn off in a 3/8" X 1" area. Else minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Two small blacked-out ares on half-title page. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Illustrated green cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS. Map frontispiece. 2 maps in text. A few b/w illus. ANTHROPOLOGY / SCIENCE. In this case study, the Huron Indian, an Iroquoian people of great significance in the cultural development of aboriginal North America and in the early phase of European and Indian contact, come to life once again. Utilizing a wide variety of historical sources and impressions, Trigger has produced a synthesis that gives us a remarkably coherent picture of an extinct culture as a working-system. A sedentary, agricultural but warlike people, the Hurons maintained their society with social and political controls that were complex and based upon rational discussion and judgment, as well as upon belief and sentiment. We may see in Huron culture, as remote in time and origin from our own as it is, a reflection of our common and contemporary problems. The Hursons solved these problems in their own unique manner, but in ways recognizable to us. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 130 pages . more information

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