The last human : a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans / created by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak ; text by Esteban Sarmiento, G.J. Sawyer and Richard Milner ; with contributions by Donald C. Johanson, Meave Leakey and Ian Tattersall
| Author(s): | Sarmiento, Esteban E |
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| Subjects: | Fossil hominids Human evolution Paleoanthropology--Methodology Human beings--Origin |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2007 |
| LC Classification: | G, GN |
| Table of Contents: | We were not alone : introduction / Ian Tattersall 18 Twenty-two species of extinct human ancestors / Esteban Sarmiento 24 The earliest African hominids Morning encounters Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage A much welcomed visit 50 We are family 58 The first nomad? 65 Dispatching a mortal enemy 79 The first tool-using scavenger? 87 The South African fossil caves sites The animal trap 96 To live and die on the high veldt 107 Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo A two leg advantage 117 The luck of the Pygmy 124 In the shadow of man 133 When opportunity knocks 141 From Africa to Asia? A handful of know-how 151 Eve without Adam 158 A winter night's desperation 168 An island sunset for the little people 176 Africa, Europe, and then the world The ultimate competitor 185 How to grow a sugarplum tree 194 Greed and equality 201 Hunters and hunted 210 Then there was one App. 1. The search for faces of the past / G. J. Sawyer, Viktor Deak 232 App. 2. Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / Richard Milner 237 |
| Additional Authors: | Sawyer, G. J. (Gary J.) Milner, Richard, 1941- Deak, Viktor Tattersall, Ian |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2006928034 ISBN: 0300100477 (hbk.) ISBN: 9780300100471 (hbk.) "A Peter N. Nevraumont book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index Contents: Foreword / by Donald C. Johanson -- We were not alone. Introduction / by Ian Tattersall -- The earliest African hominids. Morning encounters. Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Orrorin tugenensis. Ardipithecus ramidus and kadabba -- Omo, Lake Turkana, and Awash basins and the appearance of the human lineage. A much welcomed visit : Australopithecus anamensis. We are family : Kenyanthropus platyops. The first nomad? Australopithecus afarensis. Dispatching a mortal enemy : Paranthropus aethiopicus. The first tool-using scavenger? Australopithecus garhi -- The South African fossil caves sites. The animal trap : Australopithecus africanus. To live and die on the high veldt : Paranthropus robustus/crassidens -- Back to the East African Great Rift Valley and the appearance of Homo. A two leg advantage : Homo rudolfensis. The luck of the Pygmy : Homo habilis. In the shadow of man : Paranthropus boisei. When opportunity knocks : Homo ergaster -- From Africa to Asia? A handful of know-how : Homo georgicus. Eve without Adam : Homo erectus. A winter night's desperation : Homo pekinensis. An island sunset for the little people : Homo floresiensis -- Africa, Europe, and then the world. The ultimate competitor : Homo antecessor. How to grow a sugarplum tree : Homo rhodesiensis. Greed and equality : Homo heidelbergensis. Hunters and hunted : Homo neanderthalensis -- Then there was one. Homo sapiens -- Afterword / by Maeve Leakey -- Appendix 1. The search for faces of the past / by G.J. Sawyer and Viktor Deak -- Appendix 2. Portraits of prehistory : imaging our ancestors / by Richard Milner |
| Physical Description: | 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 71164001 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0300100477 9780300100471 |