Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Tattersall, Ian
Year of Publication: 1998
Edition: 1st Ed.
Number of Pages: 258
Publisher: Oxford Univeristy Press
City: Oxford
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0198504721
Keywords: Fossil hominids, Human evolution, Primates, Social evolution.
Abstract:
Becoming Human is a full account of the creation of homo sapiens, and a comparative study of humanity with higher apes and our early hominid ancestors. As curator of the Department of Anthropology at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, Tattersall lives this stuff, and the depth and breadth of his knowledge comes across in the sweeping story he tells here. Tattersall does not avoid taking a side in the controversial debates about our origins, but he is not one to sling mud. The result is a well-reasoned, thorough, and -- but for some forward-looking pessimism -- uplifting appreciation of humanity.
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