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Fossil men : the quest for the oldest skeleton and the origins of humankind / Kermit Pattison.
Penn Museum Library GN282 .P38 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pattison, Kermit, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fossil hominids.
- Human evolution.
- Paleontology.
- Genre:
- Paleontology.
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 534 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Fossil Men is the riveting science-adventure story of the brilliant team who discovered the "Ardi" skeleton, a human more than a million years older than the famous Lucy, and their 20-year quest to redefine our understanding of human evolution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Roots Of Humanity
- ch. 2 Banned
- ch. 3 Origins
- ch. 4 The Falsifier
- ch. 5 The Farthest Outpost Of Humankind
- ch. 6 Badlands
- ch. 7 The Zipperman's Ash
- ch. 8 Under The Volcano
- ch. 9 The Whole Thing Is There
- ch. 10 A Poison Tree
- ch. 11 The Pliocene Restoration
- ch. 12 Standing Upright
- ch. 13 The Whole World Wants To Know
- ch. 14 Trees And Bushes
- ch. 15 Voyaging
- ch. 16 Mission To The Pliocene
- ch. 17 Harvest Of Bone
- ch. 18 Border Wars
- ch. 19 Biting The Hand
- ch. 20 In Suspense
- ch. 21 Under The Radar
- ch. 22 Trouble Afoot
- ch. 23 Tete-A-Tete
- ch. 24 All That Remains
- ch. 25 Spine Qua Non
- ch. 26 Neither Chimp Nor Human
- ch. 27 Skeleton from the Closet
- ch. 28 Backlash
- ch. 29 Hell Yes
- ch. 30 Return To The Zoo Of The Unknown
- ch. 31 Neither Tree Nor Bush.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-513) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pattison, Kermit, Fossil men
- ISBN:
- 9780062410283
- 0062410288
- 9780062410290
- 0062410296
- 9780063055476
- 0063055473
- OCLC:
- 1145928668
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