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People of the lake : mankind and its beginnings / by Richard E. Leakey and Roger Lewin.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leakey, Richard E.
- Lewin, Roger, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Anthropology--Turkana, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia).
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--Kenya.
- Africa--Lake Turkana.
- Kenya.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1978.
- Summary:
- Discusses recent human fossil discoveries at Lake Turkana in Kenya and explains what has been learned about the evolution, anatomy, and social behavior of prehistoric man from these remains.
- Contents:
- People of the lake
- A question of survival
- In the beginning
- A new perspective on human origins
- The human family unearthed
- Lessons from bones and stones
- An ancient way of life
- The first affluent society
- The nature of intelligence
- The origins of language
- Sex and the need for women's liberation
- An end to the hunting hypothesis.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Leakey, Richard E. People of the lake.
- ISBN:
- 0385130252 :
- 9780385130257
- OCLC:
- 3869016
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