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The Origins Of Man: an illustrated history of human evolution
Offers a comprehensive overview of today's research into our origins and the human diaspora across the globe.
The questions of how Homo sapiens has evolved, what makes human beings different from their non-human ancestors, and how human beings came to populate the Earth have existed for as long as we have been a cogiative species - approximately 200,00 years. However, only relatively recently has our family tree begun to be pieced together.
In "The Origins of Man" Dr Douglas Palmer takes the search for our acestry into the 21st century. Using evidence gleaned from sources as diverse as fossil remains and extinct human DNA he creates a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of our origins and the human diaspora across the globe.
The Book is richly supplemented with detailed, specially commissioned cartography, illustrations and photographs.
The questions of how Homo sapiens has evolved, what makes human beings different from their non-human ancestors, and how human beings came to populate the Earth have existed for as long as we have been a cogiative species - approximately 200,00 years. However, only relatively recently has our family tree begun to be pieced together.
In "The Origins of Man" Dr Douglas Palmer takes the search for our acestry into the 21st century. Using evidence gleaned from sources as diverse as fossil remains and extinct human DNA he creates a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of our origins and the human diaspora across the globe.
The Book is richly supplemented with detailed, specially commissioned cartography, illustrations and photographs.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2007
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Douglas Palmer
81 books12 followersDouglas Palmer is a science writer, academic, and author of many books on paleontology, including Life Before Man and Graptolites: Writing in the Rock. In addition to writing numerous articles for leading journals such as Science and New Scientist, he teaches Natural and Earth Sciences at Cambridge University, England.
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July 26, 2017
Zajímavé čtení pokud se chcete dozvědět o původu našeho druhu! Autor psal s představou běžného čtenáře v hlavě, takže nemusíte mít titul z antropologie abyste si knihu užili. Palec nahoru hlavně za vědecký přístup - autor vám nechce vnutit svou tezi o vývojovém běhu, ale připouští možnost více variant, především v raných fázích evoluce ohledně australopitéků nebo homo rudolfensis. Jediným záporem je pro mne neuspořádanost kapitol, přeskakující mezi obdobími a druhy bez nějakého sledu.
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