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

Swisher, Carl Celso III; Roger Lewin; and Garniss H. Curtis

ISBN 10: 0684800004 / ISBN 13: 9780684800004

Editore: First edition, published by Scribner, New York, 2000., 2000

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Near fine with near fine dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are lightly bumped at spine tips. Dust jacket is creased at bottom corner of front flap and is lightly bumped at top back edge. 256 pages with index plus 21 illustrations.

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• Titolo: Java Man - How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans
• Editore: First edition, published by Scribner, New York, 2000.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0684800004
• ISBN 13: 9780684800004
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Near Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science

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Riassunto

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)

Informazioni sull?autore

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