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"It is a long time since I have been as enthusiastic about a book on human evolution as I am about Richard Klein's The Human Career."--Leslie Aiello, Times Higher Education Supplement"[This book] will set a standard by which future books, setting out the course of human evolution, may measure their success."--Bobby Joe Williams, Quarterly Review of Biology
"The best introduction to the problems and data of modern palaeoanthropology yet published."--Penny Dransart, Antiquity
Overview of evolutionary process; anatomically modern hu- mans; geological time frame; evolution of behavior.
Editorials
Jean-Jacques Hublin
If you could only have one book that deals with human evolution, this is definitely the one to choose.— Nature
Booknews
Klein (anthro, U. of Chicago) summarizes our current knowledge and ongoing debates about human evolution from the earliest primates to modern man. Both the fossil and archaeological evidence are examined, showing the relationship between human form and behavior. A highly detailed, well-illustrated and accessible monograph. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
July 20, 1999
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Pages
840
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780226439631