From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded Hardcover - 2006
by Blake Edgar; Donald Johanson; David Brill (Photographer)
Now revised and updated, this groundbreaking volume by one of the world's foremost paleontologists presents the most complete visual proof ever assembled of the evidence for human evolution, displaying in full color all the key fossils and artifacts of human prehistory.
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In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy", the oldest, best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found. This discovery prompted a complete reevaluation of previous evidence for human origins. From Lucy to Language is an encounter with the evidence. Early human fossils are hunted, discovered, identified, excavated, collected, preserved, labeled, cleaned, reconstructed, drawn, fondled, photographed, cast, compared, measured, revered, pondered, published, and argued over endlessly. Fossils like Lucy have become a talisman of sorts, promising to reveal the deepest secrets of our existence. In Part II the authors profile over fifty of the most significant early human fossils ever found. Each specimen is displayed in color and at actual size, most of them in multiple views. With them the authors present the cultural accoutrements associated with the fossils: stone tools which evidence increasing sophistication over time, the earliest stone, clay, and ivory art objects, and the culminating achievement of the dawn of human consciousness - the magnificent rock and cave paintings of Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
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- Title From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded
- Author Blake Edgar; Donald Johanson; David Brill (Photographer)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Rev Upd
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
- Date October 17, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780743280648 / 0743280644
- Weight 4.48 lbs (2.03 kg)
- Dimensions 12.18 x 10.15 x 1.06 in (30.94 x 25.78 x 2.69 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Human evolution, Fossil hominids
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007270098
- Dewey Decimal Code 573.2
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- Booklist, 01/01/2007, Page 34
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 171
- Science Books & Films, 01/01/2007, Page 21
- Science Books & Films Best Bks, 01/01/2008, Page 6
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