The accidental species : misunderstandings of human evolution / Henry Gee.
The accidental species : misunderstandings of human evolution / Henry Gee.
The accidental species : misunderstandings of human evolution / Henry Gee.
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
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G 2014/3981
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface : no more missing links -- An unexpected party -- All about evolution -- Losing it -- The Beowulf effect -- Shadows of the past -- The human error -- The way we walk -- The dog and the atlatl -- A cleverness of crows -- The things we say -- The way we think -- Afterword : the tangled bank....
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
[2013]
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Summary
The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil discoveries are often hailed in headlines as revealing the elusive transiti...
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The accidental species : misunderstandings of human evolution / Henry Gee.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2013.
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G 2014/3981
Record Identifier
74VKKwo7lQBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKwo7lQBA
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ISBN
0226284883 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226284880 (cloth : alkaline paper)
DDC
599.93/8
MMS ID
991021730849702626
