Java Man : How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans

Lewin, Roger

ISBN 10: 0684800004 / ISBN 13: 9780684800004

Editore: Scribner, 2000

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• Titolo: Java Man : How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans
• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0684800004
• ISBN 13: 9780684800004
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: new

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Two geologists provide a jaunty account of their controversial discoveries on the island of Java: that human ancestors left Africa and migrated east almost two million years ago, much earlier than most anthropologists had believed; and that Homo erectus might have survived until as late as 27,000 years ago, which would mean it coexisted with Homo sapiens rather than being an evolutionary precursor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Carl C. Swisher III is a paleontologist and geochronologist at the Berkeley Geochronology Group.