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- catalog abstract "In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy", the oldest, best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found. This discovery prompted a complete reevaluation of previous evidence for human origins. From Lucy to Language is an encounter with the evidence. Early human fossils are hunted, discovered, identified, excavated, collected, preserved, labeled, cleaned, reconstructed, drawn, fondled, photographed, cast, compared, measured, revered, pondered, published, and argued over endlessly. Fossils like Lucy have become a talisman of sorts, promising to reveal the deepest secrets of our existence. In Part II the authors profile over fifty of the most significant early human fossils ever found. Each specimen is displayed in color and at actual size, most of them in multiple views. With them the authors present the cultural accoutrements associated with the fossils: stone tools which evidence increasing sophistication over time, the earliest stone, clay, and ivory art objects, and the culminating achievement of the dawn of human consciousness - the magnificent rock and cave paintings of Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.".
- catalog contributor b10177172.
- catalog contributor b10177173.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Central issues of paleoanthropology -- What is a human? -- Evidence -- Ancestors -- Lineages -- Migration -- Diversity -- Anatomy -- Society -- Bipedalism -- Customs -- Culture -- Imponderables -- Encountering the evidence -- Australopithecines -- Homo -- Paleolithic technology.".
- catalog description "In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy", the oldest, best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found. This discovery prompted a complete reevaluation of previous evidence for human origins. From Lucy to Language is an encounter with the evidence. Early human fossils are hunted, discovered, identified, excavated, collected, preserved, labeled, cleaned, reconstructed, drawn, fondled, photographed, cast, compared, measured, revered, pondered, published, and argued over endlessly. Fossils like Lucy have become a talisman of sorts, promising to reveal the deepest secrets of our existence. In Part II the authors profile over fifty of the most significant early human fossils ever found. Each specimen is displayed in color and at actual size, most of them in multiple views. With them the authors present the cultural accoutrements associated with the fossils: stone tools which evidence increasing sophistication over time, the earliest stone, clay, and ivory art objects, and the culminating achievement of the dawn of human consciousness - the magnificent rock and cave paintings of Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268) and index.".
- catalog extent "272 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "From Lucy to language.".
- catalog identifier "0684810239 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "From Lucy to language.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Editions,".
- catalog relation "From Lucy to language.".
- catalog subject "1996 M-588".
- catalog subject "573.2 20".
- catalog subject "Anthropology, Physical.".
- catalog subject "Australopithecines.".
- catalog subject "Fossil hominids.".
- catalog subject "Fossils.".
- catalog subject "GN 281 J65f 1996".
- catalog subject "GN281 .J57 1996".
- catalog subject "Hominidae.".
- catalog subject "Human evolution.".
- catalog subject "Lucy (Prehistoric hominid)".
- catalog subject "Paleontology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Central issues of paleoanthropology -- What is a human? -- Evidence -- Ancestors -- Lineages -- Migration -- Diversity -- Anatomy -- Society -- Bipedalism -- Customs -- Culture -- Imponderables -- Encountering the evidence -- Australopithecines -- Homo -- Paleolithic technology.".
- catalog title "From Lucy to language / Donald Johanson & Blake Edgar ; principle photography, David Brill.".
- catalog type "text".