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The Human Story
Where we come from and how we evolved
Charles Lockwood
The Human Story is a guide to human ancestors, from the earliest hominins dating back 6 to 7 million years through to our own species, Homo sapiens.
Over the past twenty years there has been an explosion of species’ names in the record of human evolution, due both to new discoveries and to a growing understanding of the diversity that existed in the past. Drawing on this new information, The Human Story demystifies the fascinating cast of characters who hold the secret to human origins.
Applying his considerable expertise and practical experience, Charles Lockwood describes the main sites, the individual fossils, the key discoveries and the basic facts about each species – what it looked like, what it ate, how and when it lived, as well as how we know all this.
Key Features
- Clear and concise introduction to all of our ancestors and extinct relatives
- All the latest discoveries and compelling new research
- Illustrated throughout with photographs, reconstructions and maps
About the author
Charles Lockwood is Lecturer in Human Evolution in the Department of Anthropology at University College London. He is an expert on early hominin taxonomy, evolutionary relationships, and the evolution of skeletal differences between males and females, with an emphasis on fossils from Ethiopia and South Africa.
Related Titles
Fossils: The Key to the Past 2nd edn. (2002), Evolution 2nd edn. (1998).
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Specifications
ISBN: 13 978 0 565 09214 6
Price: £9.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 192 x 253 mm
Extent: 112 pp
Illustrations: Colour throughout
Publication date: October 2007
Subject classification: Anthropology; human evolution
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