{"product_id":"the-last-human-ian-tattersall-9780300100471","title":"The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-Two Species of Extinct Humans","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first opportunity to meet our extinct human ancestors face-to-face, through life-size reconstructions and detailed descriptions\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This unusual book draws on three-dimensional recreations to bring to life 22 of our long-vanished ancestors. . . . Convey(s) both scientific information and the sense that these were once thinking, feeling creatures.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific American\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Although the art is spectacular--reason enough to spend a lot of time with this book--its triumph is science.\"--Nan Crystal Arens, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Paleontologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens \u003c\/i\u003eand its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million years ago, and encompasses twenty known human species, of which \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e is the sole survivor. Illustrated with spectacular, three-dimensional scientific reconstructions portrayed in their natural habitat developed by a team of physical anthropologists at the American Museum of Natural History and in concert with experts from around the world, the book is both a guide to extinct human species and an astonishing hominid family photo album. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Human\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive account of each species with information on its emergence, chronology, geographic range, classification, physiology, lifestyle, habitat, environment, cultural achievements, co-existing species, and possible reasons for extinction. Also included are summaries of fossil discoveries, controversies, and publications. What emerges from the fossil story is a new understanding of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e. No longer credible is the notion that our species is the end product of a single lineage, improved over generations by natural selection. Rather, the fossil record shows, we are a species with widely varied precursors, and our family tree is characterized by many branchings and repeated extinctions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Tattersall, Esteban Sarmiento, G. J. Sawyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300100477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300100471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.72h x 8.44w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Books \u0026amp; Films\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/31\/2007 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Sci-Tech Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 45","brand":"Ian Tattersall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080003449087,"sku":"9780300100471","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97631403-8b21-4931-93b4-597721bd0904.jpg?v=1685484389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-human-ian-tattersall-9780300100471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}