Lucy's Child by Donald C Johanson

Lucy's Child by Donald C Johanson

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The author tells of his return to Africa for the first time in a decade and the discovery of a new hominid skeleton, "Lucy's child". He relates the story of his team's expedition to Olduvai Gorge, containing one of the richest hominid fossil deposits ever found.

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Lucy's Child by Donald C Johanson

Donald Johanson discovered Lucy, the most famous and one of the most complete of hominid remains, in 1974. His controversial interpretation of the remains as representing an ancestor to all subsequent hominid species, including our own, and his bestselling "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind" (1981), established him as one of the most famous living palaeontologists, his one rival being Richard Leakey, whose views of human evolution remain entirely opposed to Johanson's. In this new book, Johanson weaves together the story of his return to Africa in 1986 and the discovery of another extraordinary hominid specimen, with a history of the search for human origins and of his bitter disagreements with Leakey.
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ISBN 13 9780670833665
ISBN 10 0670833665
Title Lucy's Child
Author Donald C Johanson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1990-11-22
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.