From Ape To Adam: The Search For The Ancestry Of Man
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in the history of science writing, From Ape to Adam: The Search for the Ancestry of Man chronicles the dramatic and often contentious quest to uncover the origins of the human species. Herbert Wendt traces the evolution of paleoanthropology itself, presenting the discoveries, rivalries, and controversies that shaped our understanding of human prehistory — from the earliest fossil finds to the mid-twentieth century breakthroughs that rewrote the story of mankind. Written with the narrative sweep of a scientific adventure story, the work illustrates how each unearthed skull or bone fragment ignited fierce debate among the world's leading scientists, challenging prevailing assumptions about where and how humanity began. Wendt brings both scholarly rigor and accessible prose to bear, making complex anthropological and evolutionary concepts vivid and compelling for a general audience. The result is an authoritative and engrossing account of one of science's greatest detective stories — the search for our own ancestors.
Author: Herbert Wendt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Thames and Hudson
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in the history of science writing, From Ape to Adam: The Search for the Ancestry of Man chronicles the dramatic and often contentious quest to uncover the origins of the human species. Herbert Wendt traces the evolution of paleoanthropology itself, presenting the discoveries, rivalries, and controversies that shaped our understanding of human prehistory — from the earliest fossil finds to the mid-twentieth century breakthroughs that rewrote the story of mankind. Written with the narrative sweep of a scientific adventure story, the work illustrates how each unearthed skull or bone fragment ignited fierce debate among the world's leading scientists, challenging prevailing assumptions about where and how humanity began. Wendt brings both scholarly rigor and accessible prose to bear, making complex anthropological and evolutionary concepts vivid and compelling for a general audience. The result is an authoritative and engrossing account of one of science's greatest detective stories — the search for our own ancestors.