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Origins

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Cover of: Origins by Richard E. Leakey, Roger Lewin, Richard E. Leakey
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An edition of Origins (1977)

Origins

what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future

by and

  • 2 Want to read

Discusses the evolution of prehistoric ape-like creatures into human beings, theorizing that the key to this transformation was the ability to share and cooperate in a social context.

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Dutton
Language
English
Pages
264

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Subjects

Anthropology, Human beings, Human evolution, Origin, Anthropologie physique, Evolución humana, Origines, Évolution, Homme, Human beings, origin, Evolution
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Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future
1991, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of Our Species and Its Possible Future
October 25, 1991, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of Our Species and Its Possible Future
October 25, 1991, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future
1982, Macdonald
in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future
1979, Dutton
in English - Pbk. ed.
Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future [by] Richard E. Leakey and Roger Lewin.
1978, Dutton
in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future
1977, Dutton
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Origins
Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergenceof our species and its possible future
1977, Dutton
in English

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Table of Contents

Humanity in perspective
The greatest revolution
The roots of humanity
Hominid beginnings
The cradle of mankind
From Africa to agriculture
The first mixed economy
Intelligence, language, and the human mind
Aggression, sex, and human nature
Mankind in prospective.

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 257.
Includes index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
573.2
Library of Congress
GN31.2 .L43 1977

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
264 p.
Number of pages
264
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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OL4563996M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0525171940
LCCN
77077941
Library Thing
169710
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396268

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OL2921842W

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