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Missing Links is that rare thing: a engaging and authoritative book on an inherently fascinating but dauntingly specialized subject. The study of human origins - palaeoanthropology - is of fundamental interest to us all, but not very inviting. We can all relate to the fossils, those evocative remains of our earliest ancestors, but how many can remember (or even pronounce) their names: Australopithecus, Pithecanthropus, Tugenensis etc? Drawing upon all the relevant academic literature, Missing Links tells the story of our search for an understanding of human origins in a compelling continuous narrative. Illustrated with the author's stunning photographs of the original fossils and their discoverers, it is a book which will enthrall the general reader as well as give specialists a valuable source of reference to both the history of the science and the very latest developments.

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<br> the best available book on the history of paleoanthropology. --Tim White, The Browser<p><br> The cast of ancient superstars in palaeoanthropologist John Reader's book has grown significantly in the 30 years since the first edition. Neanderthal Man, Lucy and other early hominin fossils are joined by finds from Homo floresiensis to Ardipithecus in a stunningly illustrated update. Powered by enthusiasm and peppered with controversy, the search for human origins is laid out clearly and succinctly. --Nature<p><br> This is the second edition of a classic, almost totally new, updated, with a set of spectacular new illustrations of fossils and field workers and digs -- the whole array enough to make you wish you had spent your life as a physical anthropologist -- truly one of the most exciting intellectual adventures imaginable...The book is immensely readable, a fabulous journey for any reader...Get hold of this book and read it. --Dan Agin, Huffington Post<p><br>

<br> the best available book on the history of paleoanthropology. --Tim White, The Browser<p><br>

<br> the best available book on the history of paleoanthropology. --Tim White, The Browser<p><br> The cast of ancient superstars in palaeoanthropologist John Reader's book has grown significantly in the 30 years since the first edition. Neanderthal Man, Lucy and other early hominin fossils are joined by finds from Homo floresiensis to Ardipithecus in a stunningly illustrated update. Powered by enthusiasm and peppered with controversy, the search for human origins is laid out clearly and succinctly. --Nature<p><br>

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John Reader is a writer and photographer with more than fifty years of professional experience. His work has included contributions to major international publications, television documentaries and a number of books. He lived for many years in Africa, where an empathy for human ecology and the natural world inspired extensive coverage of anthropological subjects and environmental issues. This work generated a reputation for original research and well-respected publications, leading to an appointment as Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at University College, London.

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