Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils by Pyne, Lydia

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Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils by Pyne, Lydia V.

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Seven skeletons the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils by Pyne, Lydia

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From Lucy to language by Johanson, Donald C.

Table of Contents: “…Australopithecines africanus, Taung child, immature skill --…”


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Bones of contention : controversies in the search for human origins by Lewin, Roger

Table of Contents: “…The storytellers -- 3. The Taung Child: rejection -- 4. The Taung Child: acceptance -- 5. …”


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Bones of contention : controversies in the search for human origins by Lewin, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Bones of contention -- The storytellers -- The Taung child : rejection -- The Taung child : acceptance -- Rama's ape : resurrected -- Rama's ape : destroyed -- The Leakeys : father -- The Leakeys : son -- The KBS Tuff controversy : Genesis -- The KBS Tuff controversy : denouement -- Lucy : the naming -- Lucy : the response -- Man's place in nature.…”


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An introduction to biological evolution by Kardong, Kenneth V.

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Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils by Pyne, Lydia V.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: famous fossils, hidden histories -- The old man of La Chapelle: the patriarch of paleo -- Piltdown: a name without a fossil -- The Taung child: the rise of a folk hero -- Peking Man: a curious case of paleo-noir -- The ascension of an icon: Lucy in the sky -- The precious: Flo's life as a hobbit -- Sediba: TBD (to be determined) -- Afterword: O fortuna!…”


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Longing for the past : the 78 RPM era in southeast Asia.

Table of Contents: “…Kong Minh/Mother searches for her child…”


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Ape to man by Eshkeri, Ilan

Table of Contents: “…Bones in a cave -- Upright walking ape -- Crossroads of evolution -- British ape-man -- Taung child -- The toolmaker -- Finding Lucy -- Survival of the smartest.…”


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Braindance : new discoveries about human origins and brain evolution by Falk, Dean

Table of Contents: “…Foraging in the Red Cave -- Taung goes to St. Louis -- and beyond -- Chimp brain, human brain -- Of family trees, Darwin's theory, and the origins of bipedalism -- Boy brain, girl brain -- Lucy's child : mix-up at the hospital -- Cranial radiators and evolutionary cacti -- Braindance -- Brainwar.…”


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Seven skeletons : the evolution of the world's most famous human fossils by Pyne, Lydia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: famous fossils, hidden histories -- The old man of La Chapelle: the patriarch of paleo -- Piltdown: a name without a fossil -- The Taung child: the rise of a folk hero -- Peking Man: a curious case of paleo-noir -- The ascension of an icon: Lucy in the sky -- The precious: Flo's life as a hobbit -- Sediba: TBD (to be determined) -- Afterword: O fortuna!…”


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Origins of homo sapiens : East African roots.

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The eureka! moment : 100 key scientific discoveries of the twentieth century by Lee, Rupert

Table of Contents: “…Medicine (The yellow fever virus -- Blood groups -- Vitamins -- Insulin -- Brain waves -- Penicillin -- Sulphonamides -- Rejection of transplants -- Sickle cell anaemia -- Smoking causes lung cancer -- The polio vaccine -- Interferons -- Prions -- HIV -- Helicobacter pylori -- Embryonic stem cells grown artifically) -- History of life (First clues about how life began -- The early presence of life on earth -- The origin of higher organisms -- Nemesis of the dinosaurs -- "Lucy" -- The 'Taung Child') -- Biology (Conditioned reflexes -- Bacteriophages -- The vertebrate organiser -- Urease -- Progesterone -- The Krebs Cycle -- ATP -- Bee dances -- Evolution driven by competition -- How nerves work -- The chemical composition of insulin --…”


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Fossils : the evolution and extinction of species by Eldredge, Niles

Table of Contents: “…"Man's place in nature" ; The missing link ; Taung child ; the Leakeys ; Zinj ; "Lucy" ; Australopithecus, gracile and robust ; Homo habilis ; Stone tools ; Homo erectus ; Neanderthal ; Human pedigree ; Brain size ; Species selection ; Leaps and bounds -- Living fossils. …”


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When humans nearly vanished : the catastrophic explosion of the Toba volcano by Prothero, Donald R.

Table of Contents: “…; The Piltdown hoax -- 6. Out of Africa. The Taung child, Mrs. Ples, and Dear Boy ; The human lineage ; Our genus, Homo ; Modern humans evolve -- 7. …”


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