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The Strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution

text The Strange case of the rickety Cossack : and other cautionary tales from human evolution

Summary
Argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career-- from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman-- Tattersall offers... Read more
Contents
Lemurs and the delights of fieldwork -- Humankind's place in nature -- People get a fossil record -- Neanderthals and man-apes -- The synthesis and handy man -- Evolutionary refinements -- The Gilded Age -- Meanwhile, back at the museum ... -- Tur... Read more
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xii, 244 pages : illlustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 569.8 TAT in Adult Non-fiction Available

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