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Product Description: This revealing biography, written for a younger audience of school-age children, describes Donald Johanson’s remarkable life and career. In 1974, Johanson discovered "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis)--the first skeleton of an upright-walking human ancestor that was mostly complete and well-preserved ...read more
By Donald C. Johanson (foreword by)

Paperback:

9781616144333 | Prometheus Books, March 22, 2011, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: This revealing biography, written for a younger audience of school-age children, describes Donald Johanson’s remarkable life and career.

Product Description: “A glorious success…The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip” (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of “Lucy”—the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found...read more

Hardcover:

9780671250362 | Simon & Schuster, February 1, 1981, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of 'Lucy'--the oldest skelton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his internationally acclaimed find and speculates on its meaning for the understanding of our origin

Paperback:

9780671724993, titled "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind" | Reissue edition (Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1990), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of 'Lucy'--the oldest skelton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his internationally acclaimed find

Prebinding:

9781439509876, titled "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 10, 2008), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: “A glorious success…The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip” (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of “Lucy”—the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.

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Creates three-dimensional scientific reconstructions for twenty-two species of extinct humans, providing information for each one on its emergence, chronology, geographic range, classification, physiology, environment, habitat, cultural achievements, coexisting species, and possible reasons for extinction.

Hardcover:

9780300100471 | Yale Univ Pr, June 28, 2007, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Creates three-dimensional scientific reconstructions for twenty-two species of extinct humans, providing information for each one on its emergence, chronology, geographic range, classification, physiology, environment, habitat, cultural achievements, coexisting species, and possible reasons for extinction.

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An authorized analysis of the state of scientific knowledge concerning human origins, updated to include such recent discoveries as the Homo floresiensis and Mary Leakey's Kenyanthropus playtops, explores what physical artifacts can tell the modern world about key questions pertaining to humanity, language, and race. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780743280648 | Rev upd edition (Simon & Schuster, October 1, 2006), cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Explores what physical artifacts can tell the modern world about key questions pertaining to humanity, language, and race, including such recent discoveries as the Homo floresiensis and Mary Leakey's Kenyanthropus platyops.
9780684810232 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1996, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Photographs of significant hominid fossils and artifacts illustrate an assessment of the visual proof of human evolution and the meaning of clues left by the forebears of the human race

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Recounts the world-famous paleoanthropologist's attempts to solve the mystery of human evolution, using evidence uncovered during his recent forays into the fossil-rich regions of Eastern Africa. TV tie-in. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780679420606 | Villard Books, February 1, 1994, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Recounts the paleoanthropologist's attempts to solve the mystery of human evolution, using evidence uncovered during his recent forays into the fossil-rich regions of Eastern Africa

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Recounts the story of Lucy, the supposed missing link, describing a day in the life of Australopithecus aferensis--the dangers they faced, what and how they ate, lived, and played

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9780394580845 | Villard Books, November 1, 1990, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Recounts the story of Lucy, the supposed missing link, describing a day in the life of Australopithecus aferensis--the dangers they faced, what and how they ate, lived, and played

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A famed paleontologist describes his latest find at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, a two million-year-old elbow bone

Hardcover:

9780688064921 | 1 edition (William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1989), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A famed paleontologist describes his latest find at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, a two million-year-old elbow bone, a discovery that raises questions about humankind's evolution

Paperback:

9780380712342 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, September 1, 1990), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A famed paleontologist describes his latest find at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, a two million-year-old elbow bone

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Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of 'Lucy'--the oldest skeleton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his acclaimed find

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9788432047299 | Lectorum Pubns, September 1, 1985, cover price $14.75 | About this edition: Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of 'Lucy'--the oldest skeleton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his acclaimed find

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