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In the Kitchen

Gran Cocina Latina, The Food of Latin America

Maricel E. Presilla

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Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

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Human Origins

Ancestral Passions, The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings

Ancestral Passions, The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings


by Virginia Morell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

A biography of the Leakey family, documenting their discoveries and their vast contributions to the field of paleontology. The Leakeys have been instrumental in tracing human origins to East Africa. (EAF76, $38.95)

Becoming Human, Evolution and Human Uniqueness

Becoming Human, Evolution and Human Uniqueness


by Ian Tattersall

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

Ian Tattersall provides a wide-ranging tour of human origins and culture from the point of view of anthropology. (NAT45, $15.95)

Bones of Contention, Controversies in the Search for Human Origins

Bones of Contention, Controversies in the Search for Human Origins


by Roger Lewin

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

Lewin, a science writer who has worked with Richard Leakey, offers an engaging account of the issues, debates and personalities in paleoanthropology. (ATP05, $30.00)

Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory


by Edward Larson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. (NAT64, $14.95)

Extinct Humans

Extinct Humans


by Ian Tattersall | Jeffrey Schwartz

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An illustrated overview of the origin of our species, rewarding for both the scholar and interested general reader, which explores the history of our species in this masterly synthesis of archaeological discovery. (NAT46, $30.00)

The Fossil Trail, How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution


by Ian Tattersall

  • SCIENCE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This balanced and thought-provoking survey examines how significant fossil finds and new theories have been used by scientists to trace the path of human evolution. (ATP08, $39.95)

From Lucy to Language

From Lucy to Language


by Donald Johanson | Blake Edgar

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

This strikingly illustrated survey features 200 color photographs of nearly all the early hominid remains, mostly at actual size. With concise and clear accompanying essays by Johanson. (EAF85, $65.00)

The Human Career, Human Biological and Cultural Origins

The Human Career, Human Biological and Cultural Origins


by Richard G. Klein

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 810 PAGES

An overview of human evolution intended as a sourcebook and text for undergraduate courses in paleoanthrolopology, brought up to date for this revised third edition. (AFR74, $75.00)

Human Origins, The Search for Our Beginnings

Human Origins, The Search for Our Beginnings


by Thomas Herbert | Paul Bahn

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 159 PAGES

A compacty overview of human origins and culture in the "discoveries" series. (NAT44, $15.95)

The Last Human, A Guide to Twenty Species of Extinct Humans

The Last Human, A Guide to Twenty Species of Extinct Humans


by Esteban Sarmiento | G.J. Sawyer | Victor Deak

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

This illustrated overview of human ancestry from Homo habilis to Homo sapiens is published as a companion to the Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History. (ATP18, $49.95)

Lucy's Legacy, Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution


by Alison Jolly

  • SCIENCE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A well-informed, popular account of what makes us human. (AFR104, $18.95)

Lucy, The Beginnings of Humankind

Lucy, The Beginnings of Humankind


by Maitland Armstrong Edey | Donald Johanson

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 409 PAGES

The original, influential account of the thrilling discovery of Lucy in 1974 and the impact of the discovery on ideas about human evolution. (ATP06, $17.00)

Origins Reconsidered, In Search of What Makes Us Human

Origins Reconsidered, In Search of What Makes Us Human


by Richard Leakey | Roger Lewin

  • SCIENCE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A personal account of hominid evolution, looking back at the evidence and conclusions from the original 1977 book "Origins," augmented with a thoughtful consideration of what makes us human. (ATP07, $17.95)

Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe


by Barry W Cunliffe

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 532 PAGES

Dozens of experts contributed essays to this illustrated account of the sweep of early human history in Europe from the Paleolithic to the fall of the Roman Empire, featuring 300 well-integrated maps, photographs and site plans. (EUR32, $34.95)

The Tree Where Man Was Born

The Tree Where Man Was Born


by Peter Matthiessen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A classic portrait of East Africa, enthralling in its detail on nature and daily life. Includes Maasai, Ngorongoro, the Kenyan highlands and Mathiessen's field trips, safaris and adventures in the Serengeti. (EAF27, $17.00)

The Wisdom of the Bones, In Search of Human Origins

The Wisdom of the Bones, In Search of Human Origins


by Alan Walker | Pat Shipman

  • SCIENCE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A dramatic account of the discovery, in 1984, and significance of a remarkably intact skeleton of Homo erectus in northern Kenya. (ATP09, $15.00)

The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE

The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE


by Ian Tattersall

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

In this lively and readable introduction, Tattersall thoroughly examines both the fossil and archeological records to trace human evolution from the beginnings of the family Hominidae, through the emergence of Homo sapiens, to the Agricultural Revolution. (WLD133, $19.95)

 

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