{"product_id":"lucy-maitland-edey-9780671724993","title":"Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind","description":"\"A glorious success...The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip\" (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of \"Lucy\"--the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found.When Donald Johanson found a partical skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues on today. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast paced adventure novel, here is Johanson's lively account of the extraordinary discovery of \"Lucy.\" By expounding the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins, Johanson provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the history of pealeoanthropology and the colorful, eccentric characters who were and are a part of it. Never before have the mystery and intricacy of our origins been so clearly and compellingly explained as in this astonighing and dramatic book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maitland Edey, Donald Johanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0671724991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671724993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Maitland Edey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049678532863,"sku":"9780671724993","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a09d74e7-637a-4eff-9d8f-03bc8017458a.jpg?v=1685002864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lucy-maitland-edey-9780671724993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}