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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Leakey, Richard E. Origin of humankind. New York : BasicBooks, c1994 (OCoLC)609600665 Online version: Leakey, Richard E. Origin of humankind. New York : BasicBooks, c1994 (OCoLC)621430117 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard E Leakey |
| ISBN: | 0465031358 9780465031351 0465053130 9780465053131 |
| OCLC Number: | 30739453 |
| Description: | xvi, 171 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The first humans -- A crowded family -- A different kind of human -- Man the noble hunter? -- The origin of modern humans -- The language of art -- The art of language -- The origin of mind. |
| Series Title: | Science masters series. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Leakey. |
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Abstract:
This book answers the question: What made humans human? Leakey argues that when one of our hominid ancestors acquired the ability to walk upright (called "bipedalism"), the evolution of modern humans became possible, perhaps even inevitable.
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