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Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open spaces, manipulate complex tools, communicate with new signal systems, and light fires. Titled after the last two words of Darwin's Descent of Man and written by a leading scholar of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the first book to explain the sources and consequences of bipedalism to a broad audience. Along the way, it accounts for recent fossil discoveries that show us a still incomplete but much bushier family tree than most of us learned about in school.
Jonathan Kingdon uses the very latest findings from ecology, biogeography, and paleontology to build a new and up-to-date account of how four-legged apes became two-legged hominins. He describes what it took to get up onto two legs as well as the protracted consequences of that step--some of which led straight to modern humans and others to very different bipeds. This allows him to make sense of recently unearthed evidence suggesting that no fewer than twenty species of humans and hominins have lived and become extinct. Following the evolution of two-legged creatures from our earliest lowly forebears to the present, Kingdon concludes with future options for the last surviving biped.
A major new narrative of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the best available account of what it meant--and what it means--to walk on two feet.
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Artikel-Nr. GRP76931997
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. 17401306-20
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Used - Like New. 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Artikel-Nr. m03660
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. Artikel-Nr. SOL21017
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Buchbeschreibung Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR004887839
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Buchbeschreibung 1/4 Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Near Fine first Printing of the First Edition that is soiled in a few places, housed in a Fine dust-jacket; In Lowly Origin, Jonathan Kingdon tells the remarkable story of humanity's origins, from the moment when our ancestors first stood up on two legs to explore their world. Drawing on cutting-edge archaeological and genomic evidence, Kingdon reveals how our ancestors evolved from a single, primitive species into the diverse and complex people we are today.Lowly Origin is a captivating story of how humans rose to become one of the most successful and powerful species on Earth. It is a story of courage and defiance, of overcoming adversity and determinedly forging our own path. It is the story of how humans became the masters of their own destiny.; 8vo; 396 pages. Artikel-Nr. 56960
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