Cover Human Evolution
series "Farsi un'idea"
pp. 144, Brossura, 978-88-15-11641-3
publication year 2007

GIORGIO MANZI

Human Evolution

A history before history; bones, fossilised teeth, artefacts, prehistoric sites, and genetic data are used in this book in order to map out the natural history of a group of anthropomorphic primates that, approximately 6 million years ago, set out on a long evolutionary path that eventually led to Homo Sapiens.

Giorgio Manzi teaches Biology and Human Paleontology at La Sapienza University in Rome, where he also directs the Museum of Anthropology.

Introduzione
1. Paleoantropologia
2. Il mondo delle australopitecine
3. Il bivio adattativo
4. Diffusione del genere "Homo"
5. A nord del Mediterraneo
6. Arrivano i nostri
Epilogo
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