Bibliograph

Human evolution, a guide to the debates, Brian Regal

Type

Label

Human evolution, a guide to the debates, Brian Regal

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Human evolution

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

299474325

Responsibility statement

Brian Regal

Series statement

Controversies in science

Sub title

a guide to the debates

Summary

Presents the remarkable history of our understanding of human origins as it developed from the 1800s to the present drawing from a wide range of sources to offer a fully rounded portrait of the entire field

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Difficult ancestry -- The rock of ages and the age of rocks -- The first fossils -- The Asia hypothesis -- Africa -- Intangibles -- The peopling of the Americas -- Picturing the cavemen -- Alternative theories -- A question of relations -- The elusive hand of God -- Conclusion

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