An Ape's View of Human Evolution (Hardcover)

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 addresses these questions and more to reconstruct the common ancestor and its habitat. Synthesising thirty-five years of work on both ancient environments and fossil and modern ape anatomy, this book provides unique new insights into the evolutionary processes that led to the origins of the human lineage.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2016
Authors:	Peter Andrews
Dimensions:	252 x 180 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-10067-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-10067-4
Barcode:	9781107100671

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