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Java man : how two geologists' dramatic discoveries changed our understanding of the evolutionary path to modern humans / Carl C. Swisher III, Garniss H. Curtis, Roger Lewin.
Penn Museum Library GN284.6 .S85 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swisher, Carl Celso.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Java man.
- Human evolution.
- Geochronometry.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, [2000]
- Summary:
- With their revolutionary discoveries about human origins, a pair of maverick geologists singlehandedly shook the foundations of science. In using new technology for dating fossils, they discovered the primitive Homo Erectus actually coexisted with Homo sapiens, and were not an evolutionary precursor after all. Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0684800004
- OCLC:
- 44683602
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