Close encounters with humankind
Subtitle: a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species
By: Sang-Hee Lee with Shin-Young Yoon
Contributors: Yoon, Shin-Young, author
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780393634822
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Paleoanthropology; Popular works; Evolution (Biology); Fossil hominids; Human evolution
Description: Explores how the field of paleoanthropology enables insights into some of the world's leading evolutionary questions, exploring such topics as the life cycles of ancient people, the origins of social nature, and the common traits between modern humans and Neanderthals.
Notes: "Originally published in Korea [©2015] by ScienceBooks Publishing Co., Ltd., Seoul, a division of Minumsa publishing Group ... English translation ©2018"--Verso of title page.

Volume based on essays originally published in Gwa Hak Dong A, a science magazine for the general public.--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.

Translated from the Korean. Original title unavailable.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Let's take a journey together; title: 1. Are we cannibals?; title: 2. The birth of fatherhood; title: 3. Who were the first hominin ancestors?; title: 4. Big-brained babies give moms big grief; title: 5. Meat lovers R us; title: 6. Got milk?; title: 7. A gene for Snow White; title: 8. Granny is an artist; title: 9. Did farming bring prosperity?; title: 10. Peking man and the Yakuza; title: 11. Asia challenges Africa's stronghold on the birthplace of humanity; title: 12. Cooperation connects you and me; title: 13. King Kong; title: 14. Breaking back; title: 15. In search of the most humanlike face; title: 16. Our changing brains; title: 17. You are a Neanderthal!; title: 18. The molecular clock does not keep time; title: 19. Denisovans : the Asian Neanderthals?; title: 20. Hobbits; title: 21. Seven billion humans, one single race?; title: 22. Are humans still evolving?; title: Epilogue 1: Precious humanity; title: Epilogue 2: An invitation to an unfamiliar world of paleoanthropology; title: Appendix 1: Common questions and answers about evolution; title: Appendix 2: Overview of hominin evolution.