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Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice-Age Saga of Homo erectus
"Peking Man," a cave man
once thought a great hunter
who had first tamed fire,
actually was a composite of
the gnawed remains of some
fifty women, children, and
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The Complete World of Human Evolution
A compelling, authoritative,
and superbly illustrated
account of the rise and
eventual domination of our
species. Human domination
of the earth is now so
complete that it is easy to
... > full story
The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans
This book tells the story of
human evolution, the epic of
Homo sapiens and its
colorful precursors and
relatives. The story begins
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The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
Spencer Wells traces human
evolution back to our very
first ancestor in The
Journey of Man. Along the
way, he sums up the
explosive effect of new
techniques in genetics on
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The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins
Traveling to the desolate rock-strewn deserts of northen Kenya, where the temperature can hit a brutal and dry 130 degrees, would be enough of a trip, but scientist Alan Walker also takes us on a ... > read more -
Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins
From the savannas of Africa to modern-day labs for biomechanical analysis and molecular genetics, Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins reveals how anthropologists are furiously redrawing the ... > read more -
The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution (Helix Books)
The title The Great Human Diasporas implies that this book is a history of human migration, but it is much more. It is a readable, accessible summary of the lifework of Luca Cavalli-Sforza, who has ... > read more -
Human Genetics
Human Genetics, Seventh Edition, is a non-science majors human genetics text that clearly explains what genes are, how they function, how they interact with the environment, and how our understanding ... > read more -
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Where's your next disease coming from? From anywhere in the world--from overflowing sewage in Cairo, from a war zone in Rwanda, from an energy-efficient office building in California, from a pig farm ... > read more -
Biological Anthropology: The Natural History of Humankind
The only book that integrates the foundations and the most current innovations in the field from the ground up. Over the past twenty years, this field has rapidly evolved from the study of physical ... > read more -
Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
What is the biological reason for gossip?For laughter? For the creation of art?Why do dogs have curly tails?What can microbes tell us about morality?These and many other questions are tackled by ... > read more -
The Dawn of Human Culture
A bold new theory on what sparked the "big bang" of human culture The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human ... > read more -
Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition
Following the completion of the Human Genome Project the content and organization of the third edition of Human Molecular Genetics has been thoroughly revised.* Part One (Chapters 1-7) covers basic ... > read more -
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
Jared Diamond states the theme of his book up-front: "How the human species changed, within a short time, from just another species of big mammal to a world conqueror; and how we acquired the ... > read more
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