The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans
| 1. Verfasser: |
Sarmiento, Esteban E.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Deak, Viktor
Milner, Richard, 1941- Sawyer, G. J. (Gary J.) Tattersall, Ian |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
2007.
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| Umfang/Format: |
256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0300100477 978-0-300-10047-1 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Africa Asien Europa |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Foreword / by Donald C. Johanson
- We were not alone. Introduction / by Ian Tattersall
- The earliest African hominids. Morning encounters. Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Orrorin tugenensis. Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba
- Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage. A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis. We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops. The first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis. Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus. The first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi
- The South African fossil caves sites. The animal trap : Australopithecus africanus. To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens
- Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo. A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis. The luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis. In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei. When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster
- From Africa to Asia? A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus. Eve without Adam : Homo erectus. A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis. An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis
- Africa, Europe, and then the world. The ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor. How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis. Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis. Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis
- Then there was one. Homo sapiens
- Afterword / by Maeve Leakey
- Appendix 1. The search for faces of the past / by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak
- Appendix 2. Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / by Richard Milner.
