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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
How did the discovery of Lucy and other fossils change our picture of where human beings come from?
At a glance
- Author
- Donald C. Johanson, Maitland Edey
Why read it
- You will learn how fossil dates are really established, by combining several methods over years of work rather than one measurement
- You will be able to tell an ape jaw from a human jaw by its tooth row and canines
- You will see how early human family trees went wrong, from too few fossils to a fake called Piltdown Man
Who it is for
- Readers curious how we know when our ancestors lived
- Students of evolution who want fossils explained plainly
- Anyone who has wondered what separates apes from humans
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