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Lowly origin : where, when, and why our ancestors first stood up
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ISBN: 9780691120287 9780691050867 0691120285 0691050864 Year: 2003 Publisher: Princeton, NJ ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,

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Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open spaces, manipulate complex tools, communicate with new signal systems, and light fires. Titled after the last two words of Darwin's 'Descent of Man' and written by a leading scholar of human evolution, 'Lowly Origin' is the first book to explain the sources and consequences of bipedalism to a broad audience. Along the way, it accounts for recent fossil discoveries that show us a still incomplete but much bushier family tree than most of us learned about in school.Jonathan Kingdon uses the very latest findings from ecology, biogeography, and paleontology to build a new and up-to-date account of how four-legged apes became two-legged hominins. He describes what it took to get up onto two legs as well as the protracted consequences of that step--some of which led straight to modern humans and others to very different bipeds. This allows him to make sense of recently unearthed evidence suggesting that no fewer than twenty species of humans and hominins have lived and become extinct. Following the evolution of two-legged creatures from our earliest lowly forebears to the present, Kingdon concludes with future options for the last surviving biped.A major new narrative of human evolution, 'Lowly Origin' is the best available account of what it meant--and what it means--to walk on two feet.

The Kingdon field guide to African mammals
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ISBN: 0124083552 Year: 1997 Publisher: San Diego Academic Press

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East African Mammals : an Atlas of Evolution in Africa. vol. III, pt. C : Bovids
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ISBN: 0124083021 0124083013 0124083420 012408303X 0124083439 0124083447 0124083455 9780124083028 9780124083011 9780124083424 Year: 1982 Volume: 2/A Publisher: London Academic Press

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East African Mammals : an Atlas of Evolution in Africa. Volume II Part A : Insectivores and Bats
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ISBN: 0226437183 0226437191 0226437205 0226437213 0226437221 0226437248 0226437256 Year: 1974 Publisher: Chicago The University of Chicago Press


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The Kingdon field guide to African mammals
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ISBN: 1472912365 1472925319 9781472925312 9781472912367 Year: 2015 Publisher: London

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All known species of African land mammal are covered, with coverage of several of the more complex groups of small mammals simplified by reference to genera. Classification has been fully updated and this new edition includes many newly recognised species. With over 780 colour illustrations, numerous line drawings and more than 520 maps, this book will be an essential companion to anyone visiting Africa or with an interest in the mammals of the continent.

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Mammals --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Vertebrates


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The Kingdon field guide to African mammals.
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ISBN: 9780713665130 Year: 2012 Publisher: London Bloomsbury

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The Kingdon pocket guide to African mammals
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ISBN: 0713669810 Year: 2004 Publisher: London Black

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Island Africa : The Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plants.
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ISBN: 0002194430 Year: 1990 Publisher: London William Collins sons & Co. Ltd

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The Kingdon field guide to African mammals
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Year: 2015 Publisher: London, [England] : Bloomsbury Academic,

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Lowly origin : where, when, and why our ancestors first stood up
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ISBN: 0691223440 Year: 2003 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, England : Princeton University Press,

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Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open spaces, manipulate complex tools, communicate with new signal systems, and light fires. Titled after the last two words of Darwin's Descent of Man and written by a leading scholar of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the first book to explain the sources and consequences of bipedalism to a broad audience. Along the way, it accounts for recent fossil discoveries that show us a still incomplete but much bushier family tree than most of us learned about in school. Jonathan Kingdon uses the very latest findings from ecology, biogeography, and paleontology to build a new and up-to-date account of how four-legged apes became two-legged hominins. He describes what it took to get up onto two legs as well as the protracted consequences of that step--some of which led straight to modern humans and others to very different bipeds. This allows him to make sense of recently unearthed evidence suggesting that no fewer than twenty species of humans and hominins have lived and become extinct. Following the evolution of two-legged creatures from our earliest lowly forebears to the present, Kingdon concludes with future options for the last surviving biped. A major new narrative of human evolution, Lowly Origin is the best available account of what it meant--and what it means--to walk on two feet.

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