The Origins of Man: An Illustrated History of Human Evolution - Hardcover

Palmer, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845371658 ISBN 13: 9781845371654

Publisher: New Holland Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The origins of humankind lie in Africa, where fossil evidence reaches back over six million years to a time when we shared a common ancestor with the chimpanzees. We are now the only remaining human species alive on Earth, and there are over six billion of us. The Origins of Man tells the story of how we evolved from our ape ancestors to become the most successful creature on the planet.

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About the Author:

Dr Douglas Palmer is a science writer and lecturer who teaches human evolution for the Cambridge University Natural Science Tripos. He is author of Neanderthal, the book that accompanied the acclaimed Channel 4 television series, and more than a dozen other books on fossils, evolution and the earth sciences in general. As a science journalist he contributes to publications including Science, New Scientist and BBC Wildlife Magazine. He was a lecturer at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland for 20 years before settling in Cambridge. Consultant Dr Paul Bahn is a freelance archaeologist and writer. He is co-author of Archaeology: Theories, Method and Practice and author of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology, Journey through the Ice Age and Lost Cities. He writes and broadcasts widely on archaeology. He lives in Hull.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Holland Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845371658
• ISBN 13: 9781845371654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192