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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

Donald C. Johanson

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When Donald Johanson found a partical skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues on today. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast paced adventure novel, here is Johanson’s lively account of the extraordinary discovery of “Lucy.” By expounding the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins, Johanson provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the history of pealeoanthropology and the colorful, eccentric characters who were and are a part of it. Never before have the mystery and intricacy of our origins been so clearly and compellingly explained as in this astonighing and dramatic book.

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Publisher:: Simon & Schuster

Edition:: Reissue

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0671724991

ISBN13:: 9780671724993

kindle Asin:: B0CCSH5JB1

Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

Donald C. Johanson

4.15/5 (2570 ratings)

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When Donald Johanson found a partical skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues on today. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast paced adventure novel, here is Johanson’s lively account of the extraordinary discovery of “Lucy.” By expounding the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins, Johanson provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the history of pealeoanthropology and the colorful, eccentric characters who were and are a part of it. Never before have the mystery and intricacy of our origins been so clearly and compellingly explained as in this astonighing and dramatic book.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Simon & Schuster

Edition:: Reissue

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0671724991

ISBN13:: 9780671724993

kindle Asin:: B0CCSH5JB1

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