LEADER 02881oam 2200673I 450 001 9910464033203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-41724-3 010 $a1-315-41725-1 010 $a1-61132-973-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315417257 035 $a(CKB)2670000000530732 035 $a(EBL)1634050 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12527643 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11179605 035 $a(PQKB)11706987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1634050 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10838699 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL955872 035 $a(OCoLC)870646857 035 $a(OCoLC)972028295 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000530732 100 $a20180706e20162014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe science of human origins /$flaudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi & David Caramelli 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 300 $a"First published 2014 by Left Coast Press, Inc."--T.p. verso. 300 $aTranslated from the Italian. 311 $a1-61132-972-8 311 $a1-61132-971-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1. Human Origins: Just a Primer; 2. How (Many Millennia) Old Are You?; 3. What Bad Weather in the Pleistocene!; 4. New Microscopes and Quantitative Paleontology; 5. Reading Molecules in Fossils; 6. Stories of Molecules and Hominids; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Further Readings; Index; About the Authors 330 $aOur understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that enabled recent breakthroughs in research. They also explain the early development of the modern human cortex, the evolution of symbolic language and complex tools, and our strange cousins from Fl 606 $aPaleoanthropology 606 $aHuman evolution 606 $aFossil hominids 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPaleoanthropology. 615 0$aHuman evolution. 615 0$aFossil hominids. 676 $a569.9 700 $aTuniz$b C$g(Claudio),$0957946 701 $aCaramelli$b David$0984445 701 $aManzi$b Giorgio$0503851 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464033203321 996 $aThe science of human origins$92248748 997 $aUNINA