The Human Story by Charles Lockwood
"The Human Story" is a guide to man's ancestors, from the earliest hominids such as Sahelanthropus, dating back 6-7 million years, through to our own species, Homo sapiens. Over the past twenty years there has been an explosion of species' names in the story 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, as well as his own considerable expertise and practical experience, Charles Lockwood explains in clear, easy-to-follow language, what each of the key species represents and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution. He describes the main sites, the individual fossils, the people and stories involved in the key discoveries and the basic facts about each species - what it looked like, how and when it lived and what it ate as well as explaining how we know all this. There are drawings, photographs and maps and charts throughout to illustrate and enhance the text and help demystify the fascinating cast of characters who hold the secret to man's origins.
'A fascinating look back at where we have come from..lots of photographs, reconstructions and maps, coupled with clear, easy-to-follow language, help make a complex subject very readable.' David Graham, in the Manchester Evening News.'
Charles Lockwood is Lecturer in Human Evolution in the Department of Anthropology at University College London. He is an expert on early hominid taxonomy and evolutionary relationships. Having worked in the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University and at various South African and Ethiopian fossil sites, he currently leads a field project in northeastern Ethiopia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780565092146 |
| ISBN 10 | 0565092146 |
| Title | The Human Story |
| Author | Charles Lockwood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Natural History Museum |
| Year published | 2007-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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