1st Edition
The Science of Human Origins
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that... Read more
Chapter 101 Prologue; Chapter 1 Human Origins: Just a Primer; Chapter 2 How (Many Millennia) Old Are You?; Chapter 3 What Bad Weather in the Pleistocene!; Chapter 4 New Microscopes and Quantitative Paleontology; Chapter 5 Reading Molecules in Fossils; Chapter 6 Stories of Molecules and Hominids; Chapter 102 Epilogue;
Biography
Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi, David Caramelli
