Evolution - Couverture souple

Burnie, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0297827006 ISBN 13 : 9780297827009

Editeur : Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 1999

Synopsis

This text traces the discoveries and theories which try to explain how the giraffe got its neck, why big ears are good when things get hot, and how it is that someone called Lucy can claim to be everyone's greatest of great-grandmothers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

How did we develop from simple animals inhabiting small pockets of forest in Africa to the dominant species on Earth? Traveling back almost eight million years to our earliest primate relatives, Evolution: The Human Story charts the development of our species from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans.

Investigating each of our ancestors in detail and in context, from the anatomy of their bones to the environment they lived in, Evolution: The Human Story profiles every human relative and ancestor discovered to date, and illustrates them in lifelike form.

Amazingly realistic CGI and model reconstructions by the renowned Dutch paleoartists, the Kennis brothers, bring us face-to-face and eye-to-eye with some of our distant ancestors, portraying them as never before.

Drawing on cutting-edge research and the latest theories to reveal new and surprising elements, shining a light on previously inaccessible and unimagined detail, Evolution: The Human Story takes on a depth and fascination that is hard to resist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297827006
• ISBN 13: 9780297827009
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible