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Autore |
Boaz Noel Thomas |
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Titolo |
Dragon Bone Hill [[electronic resource] ] : an Ice-Age saga of Homo erectus / / Noel T. Boaz, Russell L. Ciochon |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-803488-1 |
1-280-50196-0 |
9786610501960 |
1-60256-857-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Peking man |
Excavations (Archaeology) - China - Zhoukoudian |
Electronic books. |
Zhoukoudian (China) Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-215) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1 The Bones of Dragon Hill; Chapter 2 The Dragon Reclaims Its Own; Chapter 3 Giants and Genes: Changing Views of Peking Man's Evolutionary Significance; Chapter 4 The Third Function: A Hypothesis on the Mysterious Skull of Peking Man; Chapter 5 The Adaptive Behavior of the Not-Quite-Human; Chapter 6 The Times and Climes of Homo erectus; Chapter 7 The Nature of Humanness at Longgushan: Brain, Language, Fire, and Cannibalism; Chapter 8 Alpha and Omega: Resolving the Ultimate Questions of the Beginnings and Endings of Homo erectus, the Species |
Chapter 9 Testing the New HypothesesNotes; Bibliography; Credits for Illustrations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Researching the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China scientists Noel T. Boaz and Russell L. Ciochon retell the story of the cave's unique species of early human, Homo erectus. |
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