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Human Origins - 7 million years and counting (Paperback)
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Human Origins - 7 million years and counting (Paperback)
Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
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Loot Price R405
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Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the
most successful, the most widespread and the most influential
species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye
we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's
biological and mineral resources, transformed the environment,
discovered the secrets of the universe and travelled into space.
Yet just 7 million years ago, we were just another species of great
ape making a quiet living in the forests of East Africa. We do not
know exactly what this ancestor was like, but it was no more likely
than a chimpanzee or gorilla to sail across the ocean, write a
symphony, invent a steam engine or ponder the meaning of existence.
How did we get from there to here? Human Origins recounts the most
astonishing evolutionary tale ever told. Discover how our ancestors
made the first tentative steps towards becoming human, how we lost
our fur but gained language, fire and tools, how we strode out of
Africa, invented farming and cities and ultimately created modern
civilisation - perhaps the only one of its kind in the universe.
Meet your long-lost ancestors, the other humans who once shared the
planet with us, and learn where the story might end. ABOUT THE
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