The ape in the tree an intellectual and natural history of proconsul

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Detailing the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution, this book is written in the voice of Walker, whose involvement with Proconsul began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is the best-known fossil ape in the world.

This book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: Proconsul, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing chimpanzee called Consul.

The Ape in the Tree is written in the voice of Alan Walker, whose involvement with Proconsul began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is the best-known fossil ape in the world.

The history of ideas is set against the vivid adventures of Walker's fossil-hunting expeditions in remote regions of Africa, where the team met with violent thunderstorms, dangerous wildlife, and people isolated from the Western world. Analysis of the thousands of new Proconsul specimens they recovered provides revealing glimpses of the life of this last common ancestor between apes and humans.

The attributes of Proconsul have profound implications for the very definition of humanness. This book speaks not only of an ape in a tree but also of the ape in our tree.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 april 2005

Aantal pagina's: 368

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Alan Walker

Tweede Auteur: Pat Shipman

Co Auteur: Pat Shipman

Hoofduitgeverij: The Belknap Press

Originele titel: The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual and Natural History of "Proconsul,

Editie: New title

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 140 mm

Product lengte: 210 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 145 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm

Verpakking lengte: 218 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 481 g

EAN: 9780674016750

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