Close encounters with humankind : a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species
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- ISBN: 9780393634822
- ISBN: 0393634825
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304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "Originally published in Korea [©2015] by ScienceBooks Publishing Co., Ltd., Seoul, a division of Minumsa publishing Group ... English translation ©2018"--Title page verso Volume based on essays originally published in Gwa Hak Dong A, a science magazine for the general public.--Introduction. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Let's take a journey together -- 1. Are we cannibals? -- 2. The birth of fatherhood -- 3. Who were the first hominin ancestors? -- 4. Big-brained babies give moms big grief -- 5. Meat lovers R us -- 6. Got milk? -- 7. A gene for Snow White -- 8. Granny is an artist -- 9. Did farming bring prosperity? -- 10. Peking man and the Yakuza -- 11. Asia challenges Africa's stronghold on the birthplace of humanity -- 12. Cooperation connects you and me -- 13. King Kong -- 14. Breaking back -- 15. In search of the most humanlike face -- 16. Our changing brains -- 17. You are a Neanderthal! -- 18. The molecular clock does not keep time -- 19. Denisovans: the Asian Neanderthals? -- 20. Hobbits -- 21. Seven billion humans, one single race? -- 22. Are humans still evolving? -- Epilogue 1: Precious humanity -- Epilogue 2: An invitation to an unfamiliar world of paleoanthropology -- Appendix 1: Common questions and answers about evolution -- Appendix 2: Overview of hominin evolution. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Korean. Original title unavailable. |
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