ISBN: 9780394589008 - neanderthals: changing the image of mankind (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. To one nineteenth-century scholar, their fierce, ridged brows were evidence of a moral darkness that set them irrevocably apart from human beings. Some commentators accused them of cannibalism. Yet by the 1970s the Neandertals were being hailed as the first flower people and praised for their apparent compassion and religious piety. The story of how scientists could come to such divergent conclusions about a set of bones unearthed in Germany in 1856 unfolds with irresistible detail in this enthralling book. Even as The Neandertals assesses the identity, kinship, and character of our possible ancestors, it casts a wry eye on the modern Homo sapiens who have embraced or disavowed them and illuminates the peculiar way in which even science is shaped by human needs and biases.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. To one nineteenth-century scholar, their fierce, ridged brows were evidence of a moral darkness that set them irrevocably apart from human beings. Some commentators accused them of cannibalism. Yet by the 1970s the Neandertals were being hailed as the first flower people and praised for their apparent compassion and religious piety. The story of how scientists could come to such divergent conclusions about a set of bones unearthed in Germany in 1856 unfolds with irresistible detail in this enthralling book. Even as The Neandertals assesses the identity, kinship, and character of our possible ancestors, it casts a wry eye on the modern Homo sapiens who have embraced or disavowed them and illuminates the peculiar way in which even science is shaped by human needs and biases.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

1992 first edition. Physical anthropology. Alfred A. Knopf. 454p good+ boards, very good dust jacket, gift dedication on front end sheet.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Spotting along page ends.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. first edition, as stated. Octavo, orange cloth spine over orange paper-covered boards with gilt titles. xxii, 454 + [2] pages. Preliminaries include a list of Important Fossil Discoveries and a Cast of Characters. Includes black and white illustrations, notes, index. Dust jacket has a couple of small creases on top panel. Review slip (browned on one edge) laid in.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First Edition. Octavo; xxii, 454 pages, clothbacked boards An important book . For anyone interested in the subject of human origins, the Neandertals have had particular significance, and this book about them will also. It is remarkably complete, and seldom has it been possible to find out so much between the covers of a popular work -Richard Leakey. Photogravures (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. 454pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, appears unread, in Very Good condition. "In 1856, at the very time when Charles Darwin was writing The Origin of Species, which would popularize the revolutionary concept of evolution worldwide, the fossilized remains of a stocky, powerful, human-like creature were discovered in a German valley called Neander Tal. The bones were believed by some scientists to have belonged to a primitive version of modern man. But how old were they? [] Thus began a controversy that has continued to this day, swirling around the origins and interpretation of the Neanderthals, placing them at every possible location on our family tree. Now, Erik Trinkaus, one of the world's leading experts on Neanderthals, has collaborated with the noted scientist and writer Pat Shipman on a sweeping and definitive examination of what we know and how we've come to know it." [jacket copy] "A remarkable account of humankind, both ancient and modern, told with clarity, precision, and the narrative pull of a good novel."--Jean Auel, Washington Post Book World. "An important book. . . For anyone interested in the subject of human origins, the Neanderthals have had particular significance, and this book about them will also. It is remarkably complete, and seldom has it been possible to find out so much between the covers of a popular work."--Richard Leakey. "Good science, good history, good writing, and good entertainment. A definitive work on the quintessential caveman."--David Pilbeam. "Through a masterful combination of careful scholarship and clever narrative, the authors have given us an account of Neanderthals that is at once authoritative and delightful to read. . . A must."--Roger Lewin. "Sketching in the lives of hundred of scientists and their discoveries, conclusions, blunders, and foibles. . . THE NEANDERTHALS could stand as a textbook for a course in the history of science. . . Gripping."--The New York Times Book Review. Very good hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a mostly square & tight binding, wrapped in a Good, intact jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. 1st Ediiton. 454 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper articles included from previous owner. Bernard Vandermeersch (Jacket Photo); Barbara De Wilde (Jacket Design) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with modest bumping to the extremities of the edges.

Zustand: Very Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 454 Seiten; 9780394589008.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 1.