Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
by Leakey, Richard and Lewin, Roger
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385412649
- ISBN 13
- 9780385412643
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Former owner inscription on fly leaf. Clean, unmarked black half cloth, black boards, faint wear to spine heel. Internals Fine. Richard Leakey is an eminent paleontologist from a family of eminent paleontologists, whose fieldwork in East Africa has contributed so much to the understanding of human evolution. Charts and photos. Leakey returns to his earlier 1977 work," Origins", and pokes holes in his previous beliefs and to reflect anew on what makes us who we are. In this seminal work, Leakey incorporates ideas from philosophy, anthropology, molecular biology, and even linguistics, to investigate not only how we evolved anatomically, but how we acquired the qualities that make us human--consciousness, creativity, and culture. 375 pages, indexed. 9.5 x 5.5 inches. 1992 Doubleday, New York, New York, USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human
- Author
- Leakey, Richard and Lewin, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385412649
- ISBN 13
- 9780385412643
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ANTHROPOLOGY HUMAN EVOLUTION MAN, PREHISTORIC, AFRICA PALEONTOLOGY EAST ANTIQUITIES
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- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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