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The Wisdom of Bones: In Search of Human Origins

The Wisdom of Bones: In Search of Human Origins

by Alan Walker (Author), Alan Walker (Author), Pat Shipman (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

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Synopsis

A groundbreaking book which leading on from the discovery of Homo Erectus, that this being was an animal trapped in a human body and had mastered the trick of growing a large brain. But to Walker's surprise the being was speechless, challenging the existing theory that the language acquisition marks the origins of man.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 May 1997
ISBN 10: 185799874X
ISBN 13: 9781857998740
Book Overview: * THE WISDOM OF BONES provides a vivid insider's perpective on th global effortsto document our own ancestry Richard Leakey * An entralling scientific detective story. * The discoveries chronicled in WISDOM OF BONES dramatically alters our understanding of the human species. * Alan Walker is one of the foremost paleoanthropologists in the world.
 Prizes: Winner of Science Books Prize 1997.

Author Bio
Pat Shipman is an anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University.