Item BBR78 - $9

The Origin of Modern Humans

Publisher: Scientific American Library (1993) ; Author(s): Lewin, Roger ; Hard Cover with DJ : 205 pages with color and b/w illustrations ; English ; ISBN: 0716750392

In this book, Roger Lewin decribes the discoveries, interpretations of evidence that have shaped the current debate on modern humanity's origin. Readers will learn of astonishing findings (the original Neanderthal bones, and more recently, a Neanderthal burial site) and provocative theories (the genetically derived speculation that we are all the children of a single African female who lived about 200,000 years ago), as well as a preposterous hoax (the Piltdown Man). Ex-library with library markings, but still in very good condition.

Item BBR79 - $9

Ancestors - In Search of Human Origins

Publisher: Villard Books, New York (1994) ; Author(s): Johanson, Donald and Lenora with Blake Edgar ; Hard Cover with DJ ; First Edition : 340 pp, bibliography, lavishly illus. ; English ; ISBN: 0679420606

Companion volume to the 'Nova' series. A wonderful account of archeological exploration and discovery in the worldwide quest for the earliest traces of man's ancestry and the origin of man, a subject which ranks in fascination with the enigmas and mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe and life itself. Ancestors presents field and laboratory disciplines as well as the latest theories and some fascinating speculation in regard to hominid evolution. Almost new condition.

Item BBR77 - $7

The Great Journey - The Peopling of Ancient America

Publisher: Thames and Hudson, Inc., London (1989) ; Author(s): Fagan, Brian M. ; Soft Cover : 288 pages with 126 b/w illustrations ; English ; ISBN: 0500275157

Most of us are acquainted with the European discovery of America, but how and when did American Indians occupy the continent? That's the fascinating puzzle that Brian Fagan discusses here - and he reveals himself as a meticulous, skeptical researcher. This book tells the story of the search for the first Americans. The tale is a complicated and sometimes dramatic one, a quest for the early artifacts and human fossils, for indisputable proof of the antiquity of humankind in the Americas. It resembles a detective story, but with scientific heroes and villains instead of murderers, sinister butlers and gifted sleuths. Very good condition

Item BBR76 - $5

The Journey From Eden - The Peopling of Our World

Publisher: Thames and Hudson, Inc., London (1990) ; Author(s): Fagan, Brian M. ; Hard Cover with DJ : 256 pages with 96 b/w illustrations ; English ; ISBN: 0500050570

Brian Fagan shows how far the latest Archaeological and fossil evidence supports the African Eve hypothesis. We follow the trail of early hunters on the African savanna and stone blade makers in the Near East. We learn of the Sahara as a giant "pump" alternately attracting and repelling human migrants, and Southeast Asia as the heartland of a unique bamboo based technology that still flourishes. Like the scientists, we puzzle over enigmatic clues suggesting that articulate speech gave our ancestors the competitive edge over the European Neanderthals. Ultimately, we track human colonists all the way to Australia and across the bitter Russian steppe to Siberia and the Americas. Excellent condition, but DJ has some wear and tears.

Item BBR80 - $4

Lucy - The Beginnings of Humankind

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York (1981) ; Author(s): Johanson, Donald and Edey, Maitland ; Soft Cover : 409 pp, + 8 pages of color plates ; English ; ISBN: 0671724991

This book revolves around the discovery of the fossil of the Australopithecus Afarensis, Lucy. It is told in the perspective of the man who discovered her, Donald Johanson. Along with the discovery of the oldest hominid fossil, the book also tells about other important archeological finds that contributed to the theory of evolution, such as the Homo Habilis finds at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and Homo Neanderthalensis remains in Shanidar Cave in Iraq and the famed Taung Baby. The book talked about all of the things that separated early humans from apes ( bipedalism, different teeth and arboreal arms). Very good condition, but with scratch on cover and small stain on spine.