The Resource The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins, David R. Begun
The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins, David R. Begun
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The item The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins, David R. Begun represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage--such as dexterous hands and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists, transports readers to an epoch in the remote past when the Earth was home to many migratory populations of ape species. Drawing on the latest astonishing discoveries in the fossil record as well as his own experiences conducting field expeditions across Europe and Asia, Begun provides a sweeping evolutionary history of great apes and humans. He tells the story of how one of the earliest members of our evolutionary group--a new kind of primate called Proconsul--evolved from lemur-like monkeys in the primeval forests of Africa. Begun vividly describes how, over the next ten million years, these hominoids expanded into Europe and Asia and evolved climbing and hanging adaptations, longer maturation times, and larger brains, setting the stage for the emergence of humans."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 246 pages, 16 pages of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The early years
- Out of Africa : Afropithecus and friends
- Out in the world : early apes spread in Europe
- Home again : the new Afro-European apes
- The big East-West divide
- East side story : our cousins Sivapithecus and the orangutans
- West side story : the African apes of Europe
- The descendants of Dryopithecus
- Back to Africa again
- Isbn
- 9780691149240
- Label
- The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins
- Title
- The real planet of the apes
- Title remainder
- a new story of human origins
- Statement of responsibility
- David R. Begun
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage--such as dexterous hands and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists, transports readers to an epoch in the remote past when the Earth was home to many migratory populations of ape species. Drawing on the latest astonishing discoveries in the fossil record as well as his own experiences conducting field expeditions across Europe and Asia, Begun provides a sweeping evolutionary history of great apes and humans. He tells the story of how one of the earliest members of our evolutionary group--a new kind of primate called Proconsul--evolved from lemur-like monkeys in the primeval forests of Africa. Begun vividly describes how, over the next ten million years, these hominoids expanded into Europe and Asia and evolved climbing and hanging adaptations, longer maturation times, and larger brains, setting the stage for the emergence of humans."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- ERASA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Begun, David R
- Dewey number
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- 599.93
- 301
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN281
- LC item number
- .B435 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2016 A-020
- GN 281
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human beings
- Apes
- Fossil hominids
- Hominids
- Human evolution
- Mammals
- Apes
- Hominidae
- Biological Evolution
- Paleontology
- Human evolution
- Fossil hominids
- Human evolution
- Mammals
- Label
- The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins, David R. Begun
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- text
- still image
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- txt
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The early years -- Out of Africa : Afropithecus and friends -- Out in the world : early apes spread in Europe -- Home again : the new Afro-European apes -- The big East-West divide -- East side story : our cousins Sivapithecus and the orangutans -- West side story : the African apes of Europe -- The descendants of Dryopithecus -- Back to Africa again
- Control code
- ocn920541382
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 246 pages, 16 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691149240
- Lccn
- 2015947083
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780691149240
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780691149240
- (OCoLC)920541382
- Label
- The real planet of the apes : a new story of human origins, David R. Begun
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The early years -- Out of Africa : Afropithecus and friends -- Out in the world : early apes spread in Europe -- Home again : the new Afro-European apes -- The big East-West divide -- East side story : our cousins Sivapithecus and the orangutans -- West side story : the African apes of Europe -- The descendants of Dryopithecus -- Back to Africa again
- Control code
- ocn920541382
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 246 pages, 16 pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691149240
- Lccn
- 2015947083
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780691149240
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780691149240
- (OCoLC)920541382
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