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Lucy's legacy : the quest for human origins / Donald C. Johanson, Kate Wong.

by Johanson, Donald C.

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New York : Harmony Books, c2009.

Australopithecus afarensis.

Human beings -- Origin.

Lucy (Prehistoric hominid)

viii, 309 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-292) and index.

The woman who shook up man's family tree -- Unfinished business -- Rocky beginnings -- Pay dirt -- Several successful field seasons -- Getting to know Lucy better -- Lucy's world -- Growing up Australopithecine -- The dawn of humankind -- The first Australopithecines -- Ecce homo -- Leaving the motherland -- The hobbits of Flores -- The Neandertals -- The rise of Homo sapiens -- Epilogue: Unsolved mysteries.

In this sequel to the bestseller Lucy: the beginnings of mankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson and science journailst Wong explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago.

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