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LEADER: 03253cam a2200409 a 4500
001 2006928034
003 DLC
005 20140130074221.0
008 060525s2007 ctuab b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2006928034
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020 $a0300100477 (hbk.)
020 $a9780300100471 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm71164001
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050 00 $aGN282$b.S27 2007
082 00 $a569.9$222
100 1 $aSarmiento, Esteban E.
245 14 $aThe last human :$ba guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans /$ccreated by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer [and] Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall.
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University Press,$cc2007.
300 $a256 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c28 cm.
500 $a"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rby Donald C. Johanson --$tWe were not alone. Introduction /$rby Ian Tattersall --$tThe earliest African hominids.$tMorning encounters.$tSahelanthropus tchadensis.$tOrrorin tugenensis.$tArdipithecus ramidus and kadabba --$tOmo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage.$tA much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis.$tWe are family : Kenyanthropus platyops.$tThe first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis.$tDispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus.$tThe first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi --$tThe South African fossil caves sites.$tThe animal trap : Australopithecus africanus.$tTo live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens --$tBack to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo.$tA two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis.$tThe luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis.$tIn the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei.$tWhen opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster --$tFrom Africa to Asia?$tA handful of know-how : Homo georgicus.$tEve without Adam : Homo erectus.$tA winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis.$tAn island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis --$tAfrica, Europe, and then the world.$tThe ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor.$tHow to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis.$tGreed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis.$tHunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis --$tThen there was one.$tHomo sapiens --$tAfterword /$rby Maeve Leakey --$gAppendix 1.$tThe search for faces of the past /$rby G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak --$gAppendix 2.$tPortraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors /$rby Richard Milner.
650 0 $aFossil hominids.
650 0 $aHuman evolution.
650 0 $aPaleoanthropology$xMethodology.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xOrigin.
700 1 $aSawyer, G. J.$q(Gary J.)
700 1 $aMilner, Richard,$d1941-
700 1 $aDeak, Viktor.
700 1 $aTattersall, Ian.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006928034-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2006928034-d.html