| Edition |
[Enlarged and updated ed.] |
| Description |
xvii, 538 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
Previous eds. published as: Missing links : the hunt for earliest man. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-523) and index. |
| Contents |
Time and place -- The meaning of fossils -- Nothing so rare -- Neanderthal man (1857) -- Neanderthals and modern humans -- Java man (1891) -- Piltdown man (1912) -- Australopithecus africanus (1925) -- Peking man (1926) -- Australopithecus substantiated (1936) -- Zinjanthropus boisei (1959) -- Tools -- Homo habilis (1964) -- 1470 (1972) and the oldest man -- Australopithecus afarensis (1978) -- Footprints -- Ardipithecus ramidus (1994 & 2009). |
| Subject |
Fossil hominids.
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Prehistoric peoples -- History.
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Anthropology, Prehistoric.
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| Added Author |
Hill, Andrew P.
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| ISBN |
9780199276851 |
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0199276854 |
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