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The journey from Eden : the peopling of our world / Brian M. Fagan.

Fagan, Brian M. (Author).

Summary:

Addresses how our ancestors succeeded in colonizing the globe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0500050570
  • ISBN: 9780500050576
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, [1990]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. In search of Eve -- 1. A question of questions -- 2. Of candelabras and Noah's arks -- 3. The genetic detectives -- 4. The Savanna homeland -- 5. African ancestors -- pt. 2. Diaspora -- 6. The Saharan pump -- 7. The European Neanderthals -- 8. Qafzeh and Skhūl -- pt. 3. Bamboo and boats -- 9. The primeval Asians -- 10. The first seafarers -- pt. 4. Mastery of winter -- 11. The rise of the Cro-Magnons -- 12. A cultural apogee -- 13. The plains dwellers -- 14. Northeast Asians -- 15. The settlement of the Americas -- 16. After the Ice Age -- 17. The journey from Eden.
Subject:
Human beings > Migrations.
Human evolution.
Paleolithic period.

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