Title In the footsteps of Eve : the mystery of human origins / Lee R. Berger with Brett Hilton-Barber

Published Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2000

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MELB SPC THORNE	599.938 Ber/Itf		AVAILABLE
MELB SPC THORNE	599.938 Ber/Itf		AVAILABLE

Description 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents First steps -- Africa calls -- The undiscovered country -- East side story -- Fossil forensics -- Slaughtering sacred cows -- Long arms-Short legs -- Knee-jerk reaction -- Hominids alive -- Skeletons in the closet -- The robust enigma -- Footsteps of Eve -- Final steps Summary Argues that the discovery of one hundred thousand-year-old fossilized human footprints places the origin of human beings in southern Africa instead of the previously postulated eastern Africa Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: page <320>-323 Subject Anthropology. Human beings -- Origin. Human evolution. Hominidae. Anthropology, Physical. SUBJECT Africa, Southern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000353 Africa, Southern. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000353 Author Hilton-Barber, Brett. National Geographic Society (U.S.) LC no. 00028071 ISBN 0792276825 0792277287 (paperback)

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