Lucy's child : the discovery of a human ancestor
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Johanson, Donald C; Shreeve, James
Year of Publication: 1989
Edition: 1st ed
Number of Pages: 318 p., [16] p. of plates
Publisher: Morrow
City: New York
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0688064922
Keywords: Anthropologists Africa, Anthropologists United States, Anthropology, Australopithecus afarensis, Donald C, East, Fossil hominids Africa, Johanson, Lucy, Prehistoric Africa
Abstract:
Paleontologist Johanson, the discoverer of the famous "Lucy" skeleton--the subject of Johanson & Maitland Edey's Lucy: The Beginning of Mankind ( LJ 2/1/81)--has uncovered a new fossil in Africa's Olduvai Gorge. While just as tiny as the 3.2-million-year-old Lucy, this Homo habilis specimen lived within 200,000 years of the modern-looking Homo erectus. Johanson believes that a rapid spurt in hominid evolution occurred 1.6-1.8 million years ago, and, in this book, written with science writer Shreeve, he suggests ecological and cultural scenarios for this change. He also describes the grittiness of field research and the personality feuds in his field.
Notes:
Donald Johanson and James Shreeveill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Label: 1989
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