| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-205) and index. |
| Contents |
The battle for survival -- The invention of childhood (or, Why it hurts to have a baby) -- Learning machines -- Tangled webs--the moral primate -- The everywhere ape -- Cousin creatures -- Beauties in the beast -- The voice inside your head -- Epilogue: The next human. |
| Summary |
"Tells the intriguing tale of how against all odds and despite nature's brutal and capricious ways we stand here today, the only surviving humans, and the planet's most dominant species"--P. [4] of jacket. |
| Subject |
Fossil hominids.
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Primates -- Evolution.
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Human evolution.
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| ISBN |
9780802717566: $26.00 |
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080271756X |
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