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1996. Physical Anthropology. Simon & Schuster. 272p., good to fair boards and scuffed and edge worn dust jacket. Beautiful photographs, but binding is not strong for the weight of the text. Please allow for additional overseas postage.

Hard Back. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Brilll, David - Principal Photography (illustrateur). Revised, Updated. And Expanded. 288 Pages. There is a previous owner's name label on the front endpaper with the date "Jul 07". 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. In the years since this dramatic discovery Johanson has continued to scour East Africa's Great rift Valley for the earliest evidence of human origins. In 1975 this team unearthed the "First Family", an unparalleled fossil assemblage of 13 individuals dating back to 3.2 million years ago; and in 1986 at the Rift's most famous location, Olduvai Gorge, this same team discovered a 1.8 million-year-old partial adult skeleton that necessitated a reassessment of the earliest members of our own genus Homo. Johanson's fieldwork continues unabated and recently more fossil members of Lucy's family have been found, including the 1992 discovery of the oldest, most complete skull of her species, with future research now planned for 1996 in the virtually unexplored regions of the most northern extension of the Rift Valley in Eritrea. From Lucy to Language is one of the greatest stories ever told, bracketing the timeline between bipedalism and human language. Part I addresses the central issues facing anyone seeking to decipher the mystery of human origins. In this section the authors provide answers to the basics -- "What are our closest living relatives?" -- tackle the controversial.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. Oversize hardcover in dust jacket. Fine, As New condition, as if never opened or read. Stunning pictures of skulls throughout. Folio. 272 pp. including index. Packed weight of book is five pounds and will require substantial additional charges if shipped priority or outside the U.S.