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Java Man : How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans
Java Man How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans
Author: Roger Lewin, Garniss H. Curtis, Carl Swisher
With their revolutionary discovery about human origins, a pair of maverick geologists single-handedly shook the foundations of science and philosophy. Here, for the first time, is the inside story. For much of the twentieth century, anthropologists believed in a simple, linear picture of evolution: the human family was born in Africa and remain...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684800004
ISBN-10: 0684800004
Publication Date: 11/21/2000
Pages: 256
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
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A study of Java Man, Solo Man etc and goes into the 1 species of humans vs. several issues. Only problem I saw in it was that the writers tended to spend too much time in the politics of Paleontology.
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