The world before us : the new science behind our human origins /: the new science behind our human origins. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Higham.
• Authors: Higham, Thomas
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Out of Africa -- 3. Neanderthals emerge into the light -- 4. The road to Denisova Cave -- 5. The genetic revolution -- 6. A new species of human -- 7. Where are the fossil remains? -- 8. Finding needles in haystacks -- 9. The science of 'when' -- 10. On the trail of the modern human diaspora -- 11. DNA from dirt -- 12. The Hobbits -- 13. The journey to the east of Wallace's Line -- 14. Homo erectus and the ghost population -- 15. Disappearing from the world -- 16. Our genetic legacy -- 17. The world before us.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 569.9; Fossil hominids; Paleoanthropology; Homme fossile; Paléoanthropologie; paleoanthropology; SCIENCE / Natural History; Fossil hominids; Paleoanthropology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300263091; 0300263090
• Related ISBNs: 9780300259223
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.