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Author: Juan Luis Arsuaga (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) ,
Ignacio Martínez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781405115339
ISBN 10: 1405115335
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 05 August 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
?This book by the researchers who helped to unearth the extraordinary and important collection of human fossils from Atapuerca is an excellent introduction to human ancestry. Read it and you will experience at first hand the fascination of the human fossil hunter.? Bernard Wood, George Washington University ?A fine book that tells the tale of human origins in an engaging and authoritative manner.? Roger Lewin, Associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and prize-winning author of Bones of Contention -------------------- The following are translations of Spanish-language reviews of the Spanish edition of the book: Essential reading. ? This book fills a crucial gap in the body of scientific literature written for the general public. --- La esfera de los libros Far more than a timely presentation of the magnitude, significance, and contents of the famed Atapuerca site, this book is also an enlightening account of the origins of human life, including the basic principles of evolutionary theory. --- El Pais An excellent text?. By drawing on both biology and paleontology, Arsuaga and Martinez bring their subject to life for their readers. --- El Pais Here is a book that should be of perennial interest to the educated reader, the humanist, who cannot get enough of research and writing on the subject of his own origins. --- ABC literario
This book by the researchers who helped to unearth the extraordinary and important collection of human fossils from Atapuerca is an excellent introduction to human ancestry. Read it and you will experience at first hand the fascination of the human fossil hunter. Bernard Wood, George Washington University A fine book that tells the tale of human origins in an engaging and authoritative manner. Roger Lewin, Associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, and prize-winning author of Bones of Contention -------------------- The following are translations of Spanish-language reviews of the Spanish edition of the book: Essential reading. ... This book fills a crucial gap in the body of scientific literature written for the general public. --- La esfera de los libros Far more than a timely presentation of the magnitude, significance, and contents of the famed Atapuerca site, this book is also an enlightening account of the origins of human life, including the basic principles of evolutionary theory. --- El Pais An excellent text... By drawing on both biology and paleontology, Arsuaga and Martinez bring their subject to life for their readers. --- El Pais Here is a book that should be of perennial interest to the educated reader, the humanist, who cannot get enough of research and writing on the subject of his own origins. --- ABC literario
Author Information
Juan Luis Arsuaga is Professor of Human Paleontology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Visiting Professor at University College, London, and has been a leading member of the team in charge of the burial site at Atapuerca since 1982. Ignacio Martínez is Professor of Natural Sciences at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has been a member of the Atapuerca team since 1984.
