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Author : Richard E. Leakey
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385467923
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins Reconsidered written by Richard E. Leakey and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Leakey's personal account of his fossil hunting and landmark discoveries at Lake Turkana, his reassessment of human prehistory based on new evidence and analytic techniques, and his profound pondering of how we became "human" and what being "human" really means.

Author : Richard E. Leakey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People of the Lake written by Richard E. Leakey and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard E. Leakey
Publisher : Salem House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Life written by Richard E. Leakey and published by Salem House Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the famous anthropologist and his many adventures seeking hominid remains.

Author : Richard E. Leakey
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385468091
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sixth Extinction written by Richard E. Leakey and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Leakey, One Of The World's Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He Sees. To the philosophical the earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck in the rich stream of life. It is known that nothing upon Earth is forever; geography, climate, and plant and animal life are all subject to radical change. On five occasions in the past, catastrophic natural events have caused mass extinctions on Earth. But today humans stand alone, in dubious distinction, among Earth's species: Homo Sapiens possesses the ability to destroy entire species at will, to trigger the sixth extinction in the history of life. In The Sixth Extinction, Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin consider how the grand sprawl of human life is inexorably wreaking havoc around the world. The authors of Origins and Origins Reconsidered, unimpeachable authorities on the human fossil record, turn their attention to the most uncharted anthropological territory of all: the future, and man's role in defining it. According to Leakey and Lewin, man and his surrounding species are end products of history and chance. Now, however, humans have the unique opportunity to recognize their influence on the global ecosystem, and consciously steer the outcome in order to avoid triggering an unimaginable upheaval.

Author : Göran Burenhult
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781877019302
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People of the Past written by Göran Burenhult and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the human story from the origins of humankind to the end of the Stone Age around 2000 BC. It explores our links with other primates and examines theories of evolution, the beginnings of language, the rise of art and religion, and the global expansion that precipitated remarkable adaption and diversity. Then follows a survey of the revolutionary upheaval associated with the development of agriculture - a story of dramatic climate change, the domestication of plants and animals, massive population increase, the founding of urban centres, and long-distance trade networks. This momemtous transition is followed from Europe to the highlands of New Guinea and lowland Maya farmers, from Africa to Asia and the New World.

Author : Eustace Gitonga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard E. Leakey written by Eustace Gitonga and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Walker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674600751
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nariokotome Homo Erectus Skeleton written by Alan Walker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of the Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton, a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology, is fully documented in this book. Beautifully illustrated, it takes us into the field and the laboratory, and into the far reaches of prehistory, to show us what the fossilized remains of a young boy can tell us about our beginnings.

Author : Richard Leakey
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780227671
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin Of Humankind written by Richard Leakey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meticulously clear account of how early ape-men of the African savanna developed into fully human beings. Leakey has always been interested in far more than the mere physical features presented by fossils, and here he is particularly concerned with non-tangible human attributes, such as art, language and consciousness itself. Leakey's personal involvement in many of the key discoveries of hominid fossils, and his friendships and rivalries with his fellow fossil hunters, add more than a dash of spice to his narrative. "An outstanding account of our current understanding of human evolution" Sunday Times "An elegant summary of what is currently known about human evolution" Observer

Author : Outlet
Publisher : Random House Value Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780517317136
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins written by Outlet and published by Random House Value Pub. This book was released on 1988-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of human evolution by a distinguished paleontologist-anthropologist and a biochemist presents a view of an early human society marked by cooperation rather than aggression and illuminates stages in the development of man's body and brain

Author : Richard Leakey
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140153361
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins written by Richard Leakey and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1991-10-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did we come from? Where are we going? Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey by fitting together the pieces of our past to discover new answers to these age-old questions. The authors explore our long-buried past—from the feral roots of humanity, through the eons of time, to society today, replete with its wonders and anomalies—searcing for valuable insights into the future of modern society. In this vast survey of human origins and evolution, Leakey and Lewin present intriguing scientific information in such a way that the general reader will be fascinated and drawn into the search. "One of the most readable and informative boks of its kind." — Ashley Montagu, Saturday Review "It is a pleasure to see in print an authentic representation of what are, with only minor exceptions, the views held by most of the professionals in the field. Graced with humor, intriguing ideas, and unfamiliar insights.' — Carl Sagan, The New York Times Book Review