Lucy's legacy
Subtitle: the quest for human origins
By: Donald C. Johanson, Kate Wong
Contributors: Wong, Kate
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Harmony Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780307396402
Description: "In his New York times bestseller, Lucy: the beginnings of humankind, renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson told the incredible story of his discovery of a partial female skeleton that revolutionized the study of human origins. Since that dramatic find in 1974, there has been heated debate and more groundbreaking research--including the discovery of Ardi--that have further transformed our understanding of when and how humans evolved"--Cover p. 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: The woman who shook up man's family tree; title: Unfinished business; title: Rocky beginnings; title: Pay dirt; title: Several successful field seasons; title: Getting to know Lucy better; title: Lucy's world; title: Growing up Australopithecine; title: The dawn of humankind; title: The first Australopithecines; title: Ecce homo; title: Leaving the motherland; title: The hobbits of Flores; title: The Neandertals; title: The rise of Homo sapiens; title: Unsolved mysteries; title: Epilogue: The discovery of Ardi.