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Ancient bones : unearthing the astonishing new story of how we became human / by Madelaine Böhme, Rüdiger Braun, and Florian Breier ; foreword by David. R. Begun ; translated by Jane Billinghurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Böhme, Madelaine, 1967- author.
- Braun, Rüdiger, 1966- author.
- Breier, Florian, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Wie wir Menschen wurden. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Human evolution.
- Paleoanthropology--Research.
- Paleoanthropology.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- El Graeco and the split between chimpanzees and humans. Questioning the origins of humans: the detective work begins
- The Greek adventure: the first fossil apes from Pikermi
- In the Queen's garden: Bruno von Freyberg's discovery
- In search of forgotten treasure: a journey into the catacombs beneath the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg
- Magnetometers and microtomography: ancient bones in a high-tech lab
- The real planet of the pages. Disasters and successes: a short history of the search for our origins
- African beginnings: the golden age of ape evolution
- Progress in Europe: great apes in oak forests
- Apes in Allgäu: was Udo a missing link
- The cradle of humanity: Africa or Europe?. The primal ancestor: still an ape or an early hominin
- Fossil footprints from Crete: puzzling prints of an ancient biped
- A skull in the sand and a secret thighbone: the shady case of Sahelanthropus
- From early hominin to prehistoric human: the out-of-Africa theory begins to wobble
- Climate change as a driver of evolution. Not just counting bones: reconstructing the environment is key
- Buried in the sands of time: landscape and vegetation in El Graeco's time
- The great barrier: a gigantic desert becomes an insurmountable obstacle
- A gray-white desert and a salty sea: The Mediterranean dries out
- What makes humans human. Free hands: lots of room for creativity
- Wanderlust: curiosity about the unknown
- Hairless marathoner: the running human
- Fire, intellect, and small teeth: how diet influenced the development of brain
- Vocal connections: from Alarm cries to culture
- The lone survivor. A confusing complexity: the problem with the family tree
- A puzzling phenomenon: humans from Denisova cave
- And then there was one: the rational human.
- Notes:
- Originally published as Wie wir Menschen wurden in Germany, ©2019, by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed September 14, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Böhme, Madelaine Ancient Bones : Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- ISBN:
- 9781771647526
- 1771647523
- Publisher Number:
- 99987673658
- EB00832137 Recorded Books
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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