xii, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note
Includes index.
Summary
Discusses recent human fossil discoveries at Lake Turkana in Kenya and explains what has been learned about the evolution, anatomy, and social behavior of prehistoric man from these remains.
Contents
People of the lake -- A question of survival -- In the beginning -- A new perspective on human origins -- The human family unearthed -- Lessons from bones and stones -- An ancient way of life -- The first affluent society -- The nature of intelligence -- The origins of language -- Sex and the need for women's liberation -- An end to the hunting hypothesis.