Pre-Owned Scientific American Library: The Origin of Modern Humans (Paperback)

In this well illustrated book Lewin artfully captures the roiling field of paleoanthropology. Beginning with the discovery in 1856 of Neanderthal Man, he desribes the competing theories on human origin. In this well illustrated book Lewin artfully captures the roiling field of paleoanthropology. Beginning with the discovery in 1856 of Neanderthal Man, he desribes the competing theories on human origin. His tale not only encompasses paleoanthropology's findings but also the debacle of the Piltdown hoax, the recent DNA analysis of Neanderthal fossils, the foibles and triumphs of great scientists. It is a concise, engrossingand provaocative look at the answers to the question, 'Where did we come from?'