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Human origins：what bones and genomes tell us about ourselves

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DeSalle Rob
Group Author: Tattersall Ian
Published: Texas A & M University Press,
Publisher Address: College Station
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 13.
Subjects:
Human evolution
Human beings > Origin
Human genome
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology
Evolution, Molecular
Forensic Anthropology > methods
Genome, Human
Carrier Form: 216 p.: ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 9781585445677 (cloth)
1585445673
Index Number: Q987
CLC: Q987
Q981.1
Call Number: Q981.1/D441
Contents: "A Peter N. Nèvraumont book."
"Designed as a companion book to complement the American Museum of Natural History's exhibit, the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins"--P. 8.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-212) and index.
1. Thinking about our origins -- 2. Paleoanthropology -- 3. What's in a genome? -- 4. Evolution and human origins -- 5. The place of Homo sapiens in the tree of life -- 6. The human evolution story -- 7. Luck and hard work -- 8. The brain : the key -- 9. The importance of language -- Epilogue. One in a billion.

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