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1993

Format:	Book
Author:	Kurtén, Björn.
Title:	Our earliest ancestors / Björn Kurtén ; translated from the Swedish by Erik J. Friis ; illustrations by Viking Nyström.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©1993.
Description:	ix, 158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:	Uses comparative anatomy and molecular biology to show how modern humans evolved from earlier primates, describes the life of Neanderthals, and speculates on the further evolution of people.
Subjects:	Fossil hominids. Human evolution.
Other Title:	Våra äldsta förfäder. English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-145) and index.
Contents:	1. Humanity and Us -- 2. A Long Story, Briefly Told -- 3. Prosimians: Types and Collateral Branches -- 4. Africa: The Original Home? -- 5. "Miocene Lady" -- 6. The Fork in the Road -- 7. Hominids Before Homo -- 8. Animals and Humans -- 9. "The Ape-Man" -- 10. Humans in the European Ice Age -- 11. Us -- 12. The Present and the Future.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	93006516
ISBN:	0231080611 9780231080613
Other Number:	27266219
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Control Number:	24125
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Call Number:	573.2 Kurten

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