Modern humans
By: by Rebecca Stefoff.
Series: Humans: an evolutionary history
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tarrytown, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761441878
Subjects: Human beings -- Origin; Human evolution; Human population genetics; Paleoanthropology
Description: "Describes the rise of modern humans, Homo sapiens, including the theories about our origins and how we spread throughout the world, with information based on the latest fossil and DNA studies"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction in search of human origins; title: The rise of homo sapiens; title: Decoding the dna record; title: Bones of our ancestors; title: The secrets of our success; title: An island mystery; title: Peopling the world.