The Real Planet of the Apes : : A New Story of Human Origins / / David R. Begun.

Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage-such as dexterous hands and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, Davi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 16 color illus. 16 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 5 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. THE EARLY YEARS
  • CHAPTER 2 .OUT OF AFRICA: AFROPITHECUS AND FRIENDS
  • CHAPTER 3. OUT IN THE WORLD: EARLY APES SPREAD IN EUROPE
  • CHAPTER 4. HOME AGAIN: THE NEW AFRO-EUROPEAN APES
  • CHAPTER 5. THE BIG EAST-WEST DIVIDE
  • CHAPTER 6. EAST SIDE STORY: OUR COUSINS SIVAPITHECUS AND THE ORANGUTANS
  • CHAPTER 7. WEST SIDE STORY: THE AFRICAN APES OF EUROPE
  • CHAPTER 8. THE DESCENDANTS OF DRYOPITHECUS
  • CHAPTER 9. BACK TO AFRICA AGAIN
  • POSTSCRIPT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX