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An Ape´s View of Human Evolution

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Description for An Ape´s View of Human Evolution hardcover. Brings together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology to provide a new perspective on human evolution from the apes' viewpoint. Num Pages: 335 pages, 110 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us about the origins of human evolution? Did the last common ancestor of apes and humans live in trees or on the ground? What did it eat, and how did it survive in a world full of large predators? Did it look anything like living apes? Andrews ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107100671
SKU
V9781107100671
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About Peter Andrews
Peter Andrews has always had a keen interest in fossils, and an encounter with Dr L. S. B. Leakey while working in the Kenya Forestry Department encouraged him to make the move to anthropology. He has spent much of his career at the Natural History Museum, London, where he was Head of Human Origins until his retirement in 2000. Since ... Read more

Reviews for An Ape´s View of Human Evolution
'Peter Andrews draws on more than four decades of research and personal recollections in this engaging and thought-provoking review of how the evolution of apes informs us about human origins. Importantly, Andrews goes beyond the fossil evidence of the teeth and bones to reconstruct the paleobiology and paleoecology of our antecedents, and thus offers a unique perspective on the remarkable ... Read more

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