| Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness Contributor(s): Tattersall, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156006537 ISBN-13: 9780156006538 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: Offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of human evolution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 599.938 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.33" W x 8.08" (0.71 lbs) 272 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Becoming Human, noted anthropologist and renaissance man Ian Tattersall explores what makes us uniquely human, the qualities that set us apart from our ancestors, and the significance of our knowledge. A worldwide tour of discovery, Tattersall takes the reader from 30,000-year-old cave paintings in France and anthropological digs in Africa, to examining human behavior in a New York restaurant. And by offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of where humankind evolved, how Darwin's theories have changed, and what we reliably know about modern-day human's capacity for love, language, and thought. Widely praised in the media, and an Amazon.com Top-10 bestseller, Becoming Human is an amazing trip into the past and into the future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tattersall, Ian: - IAN TATTERSALL is curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, and the author of many books and articles. Becoming Human won the distinguished W.W. Howells Prize of the American Anthropological Association. An expert on both fossil humans and lemurs, Tattersall has done fieldwork in places as varied as Madagascar, Yemen, and Vietnam. |