Java Man : how two geologists changed our understanding of human evolution / Carl C. Swisher III, Garniss H. Curtis, Roger Lewin
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نصاللغة: الإنجليزية الناشر:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001الطبعات:University of Chicago Press editionوصف:256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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- 0226787346 (alk. paper)
- 9780226787343
- GN284.6 .S853 2001
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | GN284.6 .S853 2001 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30030000005741 |
Originally published: New York : Scribner, c2000
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index
Introduction.-- 1. Tales a Child Can Tell.-- 2. The Road to Trinil.--3. On to Mojokerto.--4. The Lure of the Missing Link.--5. Dubois's Story: Link No Longer Missing.--6. The Child Has a Date.--7. Rocky Marriage, Painful Separation.--8. On the Cusp of Humanity.--9. A Change of Body.--10. A Change of Mind.--11. The Origin of Modern Humans.--12. Headhunters at Ngandong.--13. Facing the Inescapable.--Notes.--Index.
This is the inside story of how one discovery - a human skull found on the island of Java - by two geologists shock the foundations of science. By uncovering new evidence they were able to date Java mans remains at 1.7 million years, which pushed back the time when humans migrated out of Africa.
