The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE /

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Author / Creator:Tattersall, Ian.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 143 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:The new Oxford world history
New Oxford world history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163532
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ISBN:9780199721719
0199721718
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9780195333152
0195333152
9780195167122
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index.
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Summary:To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of inquiring into our own evolution. In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly examines both the fossil and archeological records to trace human evolution from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family Hominidae, through the emergence of Homo sapiens, to the Agricultural Revolution. He begins with an accessible overview of evolutionary theory and then explores the.
Other form:Print version: Tattersall, Ian. World from beginnings to 4000 BCE. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195333152 0195333152