The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer, Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Maeve Leakey and Ian Tattersall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarmiento, Esteban E.

Contributor:

Sawyer, G. J. (Gary J.)

Milner, Richard, 1941-

Deak, Viktor.

Tattersall, Ian.

Studio V.

American Museum of Natural History. Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fossil hominids.

Human evolution.

Paleoanthropology--Methodology.

Paleoanthropology.

Human beings--Origin.

Human beings.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Foreword / by Donald C. Johanson

We were not alone. Introduction / by Ian Tattersall

The earliest African hominids. Morning encounters. Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Orrorin tuganensis. Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba

Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage. A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis. We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops. The first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis. Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus. The first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi

The South African fossil caves sites. The animal trap : Australopithecus africanus. To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens

Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo. A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis. The luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis. In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei. When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster

From Africa to Asia? A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus. Eve without Adam : Homo erectus. A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis. An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis

Africa, Europe, and then the world. The ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor. How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis. Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis. Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis

Then there was one. Homo sapiens

Afterword / by Maeve Leakey

Appendix 1. The search for faces of the past / by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak

Appendix 2. Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / by Richard Milner.

Notes:

"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."

Reconstructions of fossil hominids on display in the American Museum of Natural History's Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index.

ISBN:

0300100477

9780300100471

OCLC:

71164001