The human story
Subtitle: our evolution from prehistoric ancestors to today
By: Christopher Sloan ; foreword by Meave Leakey and Louise Leakey ; photography by Kenneth Garrett ; art by Kennis and Kennis.
Contributors: Garrett, Kenneth.; National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher: National Geographic; National Geographic Children's Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Human evolution -- Juvenile literature; Evolution -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Explores the origins of humans, including how such developments as Linnaeus' classification system and recent understanding of the human genome have improved scientists' comprehension of evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.
Table of contents: title: Of bones and genes; title: Our next of kin; title: Out of Africa; title: Becoming modern; title: Being human today.