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Close Encounters with Humankind
- Author
- Sang-Hee Lee
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 20 February 2018
- Run Time
- 6 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles. Through a series of entertaining, bite-sized chapters, we gain new perspectives into our first hominin ancestors, our first steps on two feet, our first forays into toolmaking and hunting, and of course our continuing evolution.
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Details
- Author
- Sang-Hee Lee
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Duration
- 6 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 February 2018
- ISBN
- 9781684410330
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Science: general issues, Society and culture: general, Evolution, Biology, life sciences, Anthropology
Synopsis
What can fossilized teeth tell us about our ancient life expectancy? What can big data on fossils reveal about farming's problematic role in human evolution? How can simple geometric comparisons of skull and pelvic fossils suggest an origin to our social nature?In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles. Through a series of entertaining, bite-sized chapters, we gain new perspectives into our first hominin ancestors, our first steps on two feet, our first forays into toolmaking and hunting, and of course our continuing evolution.
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