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The first humanAnn Gibbons

The first human

Ann Gibbons
2006306 pages
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This dynamic chronicle of the race to find the "missing links" between humans and apes transports readers into the highly competitive world of fossil hunting and into the lives of the ambitious scientists intent on pinpointing the dawn of humankind.The quest to find where and when the earliest human ancestors first appeared is one of the most exciting and challenging of all scientific pursuits. The First Human is the story of four international teams obsessed with solving the mystery of human evolution and of the intense rivalries that propel them. An award-winning science writer, Ann Gibbons…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307279828
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Anchor · 336 pages · 9781400076963
  • Other · English · 2006
    Doubleday · 306 pages · 9780385512268
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