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Product Description: This revealing biography, written for a younger audience of school-age children, describes Donald Johansonâs 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
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 Johansonâs remarkable life and career.
Product Description: âA glorious successâ¦The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossipâ (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of âLucyââthe 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: âA glorious successâ¦The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossipâ (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of âLucyââthe oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.
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.
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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9780195157062 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 11, 2004, cover price $255.00
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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
Hardcover:
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
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
Paperback:
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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