The science of human origins
By: Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi & David Caramelli
Contributors: Manzi, Giorgio; Caramelli, David
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781611329711; 9781611329728
Subjects: Paleoanthropology; Fossil hominids; Human evolution
Work titles: Scienza delle nostre origini
Description: "Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that enabled recent breakthroughs in research. They also explain the early development of the modern human cortex, the evolution of symbolic language and complex tools, and our strange cousins from Flores and Denisova"--
Notes: Translated from the Italian.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Human origins : just a primer; title: How (many millennia) old are you?; title: What bad weather in the Pleistocene!; title: New microscopes and quantitativa paleontology; title: Reading molecules in fossils; title: Stories of molecules and hominids.