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Format:

Book

Author:

Rubalcaba, Jill, author.

Title:

Every bone tells a story : hominin discoveries, deductions, and debates / Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw.

Publisher, Date:

Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2010]

Description:

185 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

Summary:

When did language begin? How did early humans populate the globe? By looking closely at four of the most significant hominins ever discovered, the authors explain how Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman have influenced debates about the nature of the earliest members of the family Hominidae.

Target Audience Note:

Young Adult.

1010 Lexile.

Subjects:

Fossil hominids.

Human remains (Archaeology)

Prehistoric peoples.

Excavations (Archaeology)

Archaeology -- Case studies.

Archaeologists -- Biography.

Archaeology -- Philosophy.

Other Author:

Sherman, Susan Mallory, book designer.

Walker, Brian G., editor.

Robertshaw, Peter, author.

Charlesbridge (Firm), publisher.

Imago Publishing Ltd., printer.

Notes:

"Production supervision by Brian G. Walker ; Design by Susan Mallory Sherman"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181) and index.

Accelerated Reader 7.6.

Reading Counts! 8.6.

A Junior Library Guild selection

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2011

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2011

Contents:

Introduction -- Turkana Boy. Discovery - Deductions - Debates - Further reading and source notes -- Lapedo Child. Discovery - Deductions - Debates - Further reading and source notes -- Kennewick Man. Discovery - Deductions - Debates - Further reading and source notes -- Iceman. Discovery - Deductions - Debates - Further reading and source notes -- Conclusion -- Further reading and source notes -- Time line -- Glossary -- Hominins and friends -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments/photo credits.

Web Site:

Table of contents

LCCN:

2008026961

ISBN:

9781580891646

1580891640

9781580891653

1580891659

Other Number:

232656334

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

664098

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

930.1 Rubalcab