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Author Morgan, Elaine, 1920-2013.

Title The scars of evolution / Elaine Morgan.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
©1990

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  573.2 M847S    Check Shelf
Description xii, 196 pages ; 20 cm
Note Originally published: Souvenir Press, 1990.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-187) and index.
Contents The emergence of man -- Fossil-hunters -- The cost of walking erect -- Explaining bipedalism -- The cost of a naked skin -- Explaining hairlessness -- Keeping cool -- Sweat and tears -- Fat -- Explaining the fat layer -- Breathing -- Sex in transition -- The aquatic ape theory : the counter-arguments -- Brains and baboons.
Subject Human evolution.
Human body.
Physiology, Pathological.
Evolution.
Anthropology, Physical.
Human Body.
Physiology, Comparative.
ISBN 019509431X
9780195094312
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