The Incredible Human Journey
$34.90
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2010
Summary
Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from the Ethiopian desert to the Malay Peninsula and from the Russian steppes to the Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels, she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant beasts, and volcanoes. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408802885 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408802880 |
| Author: | Alice Roberts |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Using genetics, archaeology, fossils and climate evidence to construct a portrait of who we are and where we come from, the series promises to be both scientifically meaty and readily digestible.’ INDEPENDENT ‘Dr Roberts is sunny, clear spoken and breathily enthusiastic … a star’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Alice Roberts skilfully tells the story of her Odyssey filming “The Incredible Human Journey” in her own words. She has certainly grasped the subject fully and has a strong sympathy with her informants and their contributions. Her superb drawings are a delight. Do buy it’ STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts is a qualified medical doctor and lecturers in Anatomy at Bristol University. She is a regular contributor to Channel 4’s Time Team and BBC2’s Coast series, and the presenter of Don’t Die Young on BBC2.
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