| Edition |
1st Anchor books ed. |
| Description |
xxii, 375 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Part One: In search of the Turkana boy -- To west Turkana -- A giant lake -- The Turkana boy -- Part Two: In search of beginnings -- Of myths and molecules -- Upright apes and family relations -- The human bush -- The black skull -- Part Three: In search of humanity -- Human origins -- This way lies humanity -- A pendulum swings too far -- The human milieu -- Part Four: In search of modern humans -- The mystery of modern humans -- Mitochondrial Eve and human violence -- Part Five: In search of the modern human mind -- The loom of language -- Evidence of mind -- Murder in a zoo -- Consciousness: mirror on the mind -- Windows on other worlds -- Part Six: In search of the future -- Origins reconsidered. |
| Summary |
Reassesses human prehistory, incorporating ideas from philosophy, anthropology, molecular biology, and linguistics to explore how humans acquired the qualities of consciousness and humanity. |
| Subject |
Anthropology.
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Human evolution.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Africa, East.
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Africa, East -- Antiquities.
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Anthropology. (OCoLC)fst00810196
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
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Prehistoric peoples. (OCoLC)fst01075242
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Africa, East. (OCoLC)fst01239511
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Anthropology.
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Evolution.
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Fossils.
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Hominidae.
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| Added Author |
Lewin, Roger.
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| ISBN |
0385467923 (paperback) |
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9780385467926 (paperback) |
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