Close encounters with humankind : a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species /: a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sang-Hee Lee with Shin-Young Yoon.
• Authors: Yoon, Shin-Young
• Other Names: (Professor of anthropology), Yi, Sang-hŭi
• Contents: Introduction: Let's take a journey together -- Are we cannibals? -- The birth of fatherhood -- Who were the first hominin ancestors? -- Big-brained babies give moms big grief -- Meat lovers R us -- Got milk? -- A gene for Snow White -- Granny is an artist -- Did farming bring prosperity? -- Peking man and the Yakuza -- Asia challenges Africa's stronghold on the birthplace of humanity -- Cooperation connects you and me -- King Kong -- Breaking back -- In search of the most humanlike face -- Our changing brains -- You are a Neanderthal! -- The molecular clock does not keep time -- Denisovians: the Asian Neanderthals? -- Hobbits -- Seven billion humans, one single race? -- Are humans still evolving? -- Epilogue: Precious humanity -- Epilogue 2: An invitation to an unfamiliar world of paleoanthropology -- Appendix 1: Common questions and answers about evolution -- Appendix 2: Overview of hominin evolution.
• Publisher Details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 569.9; Human evolution; Paleoanthropology; Fossil hominids; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393634839; 0393634833
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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