The Last Human
Subtitle: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans
Contributors: Donald C. Johanson (Foreword); Maeve Leakey (Afterword); Ian Tattersall (Introduction)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: June 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300100471
Subjects: Anthropology; Palaeontology; Prehistory; Social Science; Sociology; Anthropology - Physical; Life Sciences - Evolution; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Social Science / Anthropology / Physical; Fossil hominids; Human evolution; Methodology; Paleoanthropology
Description: "This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of Homo sapiens and its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million years ago, and encompasses twenty-two known human species, of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor. Illustrated with spectacular, three-dimensional scientific reconstructions portrayed in their natural habitat - the result of creative collaboration between physical anthropologist G.J. Sawyer of the American Museum of Natural History and paleoartist Viktor Deak, in consultation with experts from around the world - the book is both a guide to extinct human species and an astonishing hominid family photo album."--BOOK JACKET.