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From Lucy to Language CX-08 $55.00 Order This / View Your Cart REVISED, UPDATED, AND EXPANDED By Blake Edgar and Donald Johanson Photography by David Brill Publisher: Simon & Schuster Copyright: 2006 Format: Hardcover; 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7432-8064-8 In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson discovered "Lucy," the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever found. This discovery prompted a complete reevaluation of previous evidence for human origins. From Lucy to Language both sums up Johanson's career and provides a stunning documentary of human life through time. Part I addresses the central issues facing anyone seeking to decipher the mystery of human origins. The authors raise the following questions: What are our closest living relatives? What is race? Why did consciousness evolve? In Part II, the authors profile over fifty of the most significant early human fossils ever found. Each specimen is displayed in color and at actual size, most of them in multiple views. Table of Contents: PART ONE - CENTRAL ISSUES OF PALEONTOLOGY: What is a Human?, Evidence, Ancestors, Lineages, Migration, Diversity, Anatomy, Society, Bipedalism, Tools, Customs, Culture, Imponderables; PART TWO - ENCOUNTERING THE EVIDENCE: Pre-Australopithecines, Australopithecines, Homo, Paleolithic Technology; Appendices, Acknowledgements, Selected References, Index.

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