Becoming Human
Evolution and Human Uniqueness
$53.33
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 September 2000
Summary
One of the traits that distinguishes us from our nearest relatives is our curiosity about the origins of our species. In this new paperback, Ian Tattersall (author of The Fossil Trail) discusses human uniqueness, investigating the origins of those characteristics and processes that so clearly distinguish human beings, such as creativity, language, and consciousness. Taking the reader around the world, stopping in France to examine 30,000-year-old cavepaintings, in Africa to see where our earl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192862143 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192862146 |
| Author: | Ian Tattersall |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 September 2000 |
| Weight: | 229g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
“In this superbly written book, Ian Tattersall combines his unique knowledge of the human fossil record, Paleolithic archaeology, primate behavior, prehistoric art, as well as the workings of the human brain and our extraordinary cognitive powers, to offer a convincing scenario of how we have come to hold dominion over the earth.”–Donald Johanson (author of From Lucy to Language) in Scientific American
“An ambitious effort … Tattersall meets the challenge commendably.”–The San Diego Union-Tribune
“Although many popular anthropological accounts of the human species have been written, few are as engaging as that of Ian Tattersall.”–Natural History
About The Author
Ian Tattersall
Curator at the Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, in New York City
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