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Missing Links - In Search of Human Origins (Hardcover)
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Missing Links - In Search of Human Origins (Hardcover)
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Price R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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This is the story of the search for human origins - from the Middle
Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise,
through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the
interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is
the part played by fossils - first, in establishing the age of the
Earth; then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible 'Missing
Links' that would establish whether or not humans and chimpanzees
share a common ancestor. John Reader's passion for this quest -
palaeoanthropology - began in the 1960s when he reported for Life
Magazine on Richard Leakey's first fossil-hunting expedition to the
badlands of East Turkana, in Kenya. Drawing on both historic and
recent research, he tells the fascinating story of the science as
it has developed from the activities of a few dedicated
individuals, into the rigorous multidisciplinary work of today. His
arresting photographs give a unique insight into the fossils, the
discoverers, and the settings. His vivid narrative reveals both the
context in which our ancestors evolved, and also the realities
confronting the modern scientist. The story he tells is peopled by
eccentrics and enthusiasts, and punctuated by controversy and even
fraud. It is a celebration of discoveries - Neanderthal Man in the
1850s, Java Man (1891), Australopithecus (1925), Peking Man (1926),
Homo habilis (1964), Lucy (1978), Floresiensis (2004), and
Ardipithecus (2009). It is a story of fragmentary shards of
evidence, and the competing interpretations built upon them. And it
is a tale of scientific breakthroughs - dating technology,
genetics, and molecular biology - that have enabled us to set the
fossil evidence in the context of human evolution. John Reader's
first book on this subject (Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest
Man, 1981) was described in Nature as 'the best popular account of
palaeoanthropology I have ever read'. His new book covers the
thirty years of discovery that have followed.
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