The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
by Tattersall, Ian
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0195061012
- ISBN 13
- 9780195061017
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About This Item
New York London: Oxford University Press, 1995. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Oxford University Press, 1995, 4th Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New, in tan and burgundy cloth, burgundy titles to spine. Evolutionary chart on endpapers. b/w illustrations in-text. A sweeping tour of the study of human evolution, offering a colorful history of fossil discoveries and a look at how these finds have been interpreted-and misinterpreted-through time. All the major figures and discoveries are here (up 1995, when published--Lamarckand Cuvier and Darwin, up to modern theories such as Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould. Olduvai Gorge, "Lucy", "Turkana Boy" are also discussed. 278 pages with bibliography and index. 9.5" x 6.25". 1995, Oxford University Press, New York and London.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title
- The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
- Author
- Tattersall, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0195061012
- ISBN 13
- 9780195061017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- HUMAN EVOLUTION FOSSIL MAN SCIENCE ANTHROPOLOGY, PREHISTORIC LAETOLI, TANZANIA
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- Science;
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