Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up Paperback - 2004
by Jonathan Kingdon
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Why Lowly Origin? Peculiarity of bipedalism and role of geography and ecology in explaining it.
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"Jonathan Kingdon's work is one of the things that make the present day such an exciting time for anyone with the slightest intellectual curiosity. His subject matter is our profound and thrilling human origins, and his stance toward it makes his work unique and priceless. Not only is Kingdon a scientist of commanding authority, he is an artist whose hand transmits his knowledge through drawings so swift and graceful that revelation and admiration arrive together. His wonderful new book takes a characteristically original look at one of the things that makes us human: our walking on two legs. There is no one alive who could do it better."--Philip Pullman, author of The Amber Spyglass
"Jonathan Kingdon is a Living World Treasure. One of Africa's greatest zoological artists, he is also one of zoology's leading authorities on Africa's mammals. A world class zoologist, ecologist, and writer, he also thinks deeply about human prehistory and evolution. Bipedality is humanity's founding peculiarity. Lowly Origin is Kingdon's highly original take on how it came about, and he manages to broaden his canvas to accommodate all of human evolution. An artist with words and a poet with images, only Jonathan Kingdon could have written this book."--Richard Dawkins, University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal Society
"This well-written book offers new insights into the biogeographic and ecological influences on human evolution and helps us make sense of the fossil record."--Colin P. Groves, Australian National University
"Kingdon has made a unique contribution to the field of mammalian evolution and African ecology, both in his writing and in his art. His approach to human evolution, with its focus on the natural history of people and animals, is very special and important."--Robert A. Foley, University of Cambridge
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- Title Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up
- Author Jonathan Kingdon
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 396
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-10-04
- Features Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691120287 / 0691120285
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.34 x 1.11 in (23.37 x 16.10 x 2.82 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Human evolution, Human beings - Origin
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002072852
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.938
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