Human Origins: What Bones And Genomes Tell Us About Ourselves
- ISBN-10
- 1603446761
- ISBN-13
- 9781603446761
- Series
- Human Origins
- Category
- Science
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
Description
Describes how mapping the human genome has aided paleoanthropologists in their study of ancient bones used to explore human origins, from the earliest humans--bipedal apes--up to Martin Pickford's Millennium Man.
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