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The rise of humans : great scientific debates / John Hawks, Ph.D.

Hawks, John (John David), (instructor.). Teaching Company, (production company,, publisher,, distributor.).

Summary:

In this series of lectures, Professor Hawks surveys some of the greatest debates in the scientific community concerning the origin and rise of human beings. Was Australopithecus afarensis really our earliest ancestor? Did early humans arise in Africa alone, or in regions throughout the world? What role do Neanderthals play is our genetic heritage?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781598037586
  • ISBN: 1598037587
  • Physical Description: 12 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (138 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Sound recording in two containers (19 cm.).
Guidebook includes timeline, glossary, and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:
Vol. 1. Ramapithecus : ape man -- Australopithecus afarensis : ancestor or not? -- Ardipithecus : hominin or not? -- Brain structure versus brain size -- The dietary hypothesis -- Africa or Asia? -- An ape's view of the Oldowan -- Who was Homo habilis? -- How big was Homo erectus? -- The Movius Line -- The hobbits of Flores -- Archaeology and cooperation -- Vol. 2. Presapiens or preneandertal? -- What do stone tools reveal about early man? -- Did Neandertals speak? -- Neandertals : extinct or ancestors? -- Is our Neandertal heritage important? -- Multiregional evolution versus Out of Africa -- Climate's impact on our evolution -- Language : adaptation or spandrel? -- Why did humans start creating art? -- Clovis or pre-clovis? -- Farming : migration or diffusion? -- Are humans still evolving?
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer: Professor John Hawks, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Subject:
Neanderthals.
Prehistoric peoples.
Neanderthals
Homme de Néanderthal.
Homo neanderthalensis (extinct species)
Neanderthals.
Prehistoric peoples.
Genre:
Audiobooks.
Audiobooks.
Livres audio.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library GN 281 .H39 2011 680046 Stacks Available -
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